| 单词 | ringtail possum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringtail possum ringtail possum n. any of various nocturnal, tree-dwelling Australasian possums of the genus Pseudocheirus and related genera (family Petauridae), which have a prehensile tail that is habitually curled downwards in a ring or spiral; also called ringtail, ring-tailed possum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phalangeridae (phalanger) > other types of cuscus1775 vulpine opossum or phalanger1789 ring-tailed opossum1803 ringtail possum1825 ringtail1831 ringtail opossum1831 ursine phalanger1839 mongan1889 Leadbeater's possum1937 ring-tailed possum1941 1825 London Mag. May 61 There is the ring-tail possom [sic], a very harmless creature, the colour of a rat. 1886 A. W. Howitt On Austral. Med. Men 52 I used to keep it in a bag of ringtail 'possum skin. 1958 Jrnl. Mammalogy 39 46 The ringtail possum, Pseudochirus convolutor (Oken) is more common than the brush possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr). 2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland i. 30 Toolah, the ringtail possum Pseudochirops archeri of a small area of rainforest in north-eastern Queensland [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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