| 单词 | rock cavy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock cavy rock cavy n. a large Brazilian cavy, Kerodon rupestris, that inhabits dry, stony areas; also called moco. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Caviidae (cavy) > genus Cavia (guinea-pig) pig-cony1607 guinea pig1664 restless cavy1771 rock cavy1771 moco1831 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 244 Rock [Cavy]... Inhabits Brasil: lives in the holes of rocks. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. 29 The Rock Cavy is considered as an excellent article of food, and is even superior to the rabbet. 1969 Q. Rev. Biol. 44 44/2 Cavies or wild guinea pigs (Cavia) resemble Holarctic pikas (Ochotonidae), but rock cavies (Kerodon) suggest rather the African rock dassies (Procaviidae). 2006 K. D. Rose Beginning Age Mammals xiv. 300/2 It [sc. Leptauchenia] was probably an open-habitat rock climber similar to the extant hyrax Procavia or the rock cavy Kerodon. < as lemmas |
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