water mousen.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌmaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌmaʊs/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌmaʊs/

Inflections: Plural water mice.

Forms: see water n. and mouse n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., mouse n.

Etymology: < water n. + mouse n.In sense 1 originally after post-classical Latin mus aquaticus (c1230–50 in Bartholomaeus Anglicus); compare Middle Dutch watermuys (Dutch watermuis ), German Wassermaus (early 15th cent. as wassermūs ), and also classical Latin mūsculus aquātilis (Pliny), post-classical Latin muscus aquaticus (5th cent.), all in sense ‘water vole’. With quots. a1398 and a1425, compare the etymological note at oryx n. In sense 2 originally after scientific Latin Hydromys, genus name (É. Geoffroy St-Hilaire 1804, in Bull. de la Soc. Philomathique 3 353; compare hydromyd n. at hydro- comb. form 7).

1. Formerly: †the water vole, Arvicola amphibius (obsolete). In later use: the field vole, Microtus agrestis (British regional; now rare).

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Arvicola > arvicola amphibius (water-vole)

water mousea1398

water rat1481

craber1655

water dog1765

water mole1770

vole1805

water vole1828

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxx. 1231 And [Orix] is a beste liche to a water mous [L. mus aquaticus] or to certeyn mys þat ben ycleped glires.

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Fairf.) Isa. li. 20 Gloss. A beest lijk a water mous, that slepeth al winter.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 760/11 Hic gurrex [read surrex, i.e. sorex], a watermowse.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. ciii. 45 In Stymphalis of Arcadia, there breed..little water-myce [L. aquatiles musculi], or small Limpins.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler v. 127 If the night be dark..he [sc. the trout] lies boldly neer the top of the water, watching the motion of any Frog or Water-mouse, or Rat betwixt him and the skie.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 227 Bitterns, Herons,..Water-Rats, Water-Mice, Otters, &c. are very great Enemies to Fish.

1819 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. June 505 Arvicola aquatica. Water Campagnol..E[nglish]. Water Rat. S[cots]. Water Mouse, or Ratten.

1867 Zoologist 2 669 Field Vole..—This is the commonest of the ‘field-mice’... Locally [in Lanarkshire] it is called the ‘water mouse’.

1890 E. Hamilton River-side Naturalist i. 5 The pretty little Short-tailed Field-Mouse (Arvicola agrestis), found in damp meadows and other places, [is] often locally called the water-mouse.

2. Any of various semiaquatic and chiefly tropical rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the Australasian genera Hydromys and Xeromys (= water rat n. 1c) and the Central American genus Rheomys. Also with distinguishing word.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Hydromys (Australian water-rat)

water mouse1831

water rat1837

1831 R. Mudie First Lines Zool. i. v. 47 Hydromys, (water-mouse), an animal about a foot in length, with the hind feet webbed, and having many of the characters of the carnivora.

1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 114 The Sooty Water Mouse (H. fuliginosus) is an inhabitant of Western Australia.

1920 E. A. Goldman Mammals of Panama (Smithsonian Misc. Coll.) 108 (heading) Rheomys raptor Goldman. Panama Water Mouse.

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 636/1 The Mexican water mouse (R. mexicanus) was described in 1959.

2007 B. Breed & F. Ford Native Mice & Rats i. 5 Aquatic and tidal habitats are the home of water rats (Hydromys) and water mice (Xeromys).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water mouse
释义	water mousen. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌmaʊs/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌmaʊs/, /ˈwɑdər ˌmaʊs/ Inflections: Plural water mice. Forms: see water n. and mouse n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., mouse n. Etymology: < water n. + mouse n.In sense 1 originally after post-classical Latin mus aquaticus (c1230–50 in Bartholomaeus Anglicus); compare Middle Dutch watermuys (Dutch watermuis ), German Wassermaus (early 15th cent. as wassermūs ), and also classical Latin mūsculus aquātilis (Pliny), post-classical Latin muscus aquaticus (5th cent.), all in sense ‘water vole’. With quots. a1398 and a1425, compare the etymological note at oryx n. In sense 2 originally after scientific Latin Hydromys, genus name (É. Geoffroy St-Hilaire 1804, in Bull. de la Soc. Philomathique 3 353; compare hydromyd n. at hydro- comb. form 7). 1. Formerly: †the water vole, Arvicola amphibius (obsolete). In later use: the field vole, Microtus agrestis (British regional; now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Arvicola > arvicola amphibius (water-vole) water mousea1398 water rat1481 craber1655 water dog1765 water mole1770 vole1805 water vole1828 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxx. 1231 And [Orix] is a beste liche to a water mous [L. mus aquaticus] or to certeyn mys þat ben ycleped glires. a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Fairf.) Isa. li. 20 Gloss. A beest lijk a water mous, that slepeth al winter. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 760/11 Hic gurrex [read surrex, i.e. sorex], a watermowse. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. ciii. 45 In Stymphalis of Arcadia, there breed..little water-myce [L. aquatiles musculi], or small Limpins. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler v. 127 If the night be dark..he [sc. the trout] lies boldly neer the top of the water, watching the motion of any Frog or Water-mouse, or Rat betwixt him and the skie. View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 227 Bitterns, Herons,..Water-Rats, Water-Mice, Otters, &c. are very great Enemies to Fish. 1819 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. June 505 Arvicola aquatica. Water Campagnol..E[nglish]. Water Rat. S[cots]. Water Mouse, or Ratten. 1867 Zoologist 2 669 Field Vole..—This is the commonest of the ‘field-mice’... Locally [in Lanarkshire] it is called the ‘water mouse’. 1890 E. Hamilton River-side Naturalist i. 5 The pretty little Short-tailed Field-Mouse (Arvicola agrestis), found in damp meadows and other places, [is] often locally called the water-mouse. 2. Any of various semiaquatic and chiefly tropical rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the Australasian genera Hydromys and Xeromys (= water rat n. 1c) and the Central American genus Rheomys. Also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Hydromys (Australian water-rat) water mouse1831 water rat1837 1831 R. Mudie First Lines Zool. i. v. 47 Hydromys, (water-mouse), an animal about a foot in length, with the hind feet webbed, and having many of the characters of the carnivora. 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 114 The Sooty Water Mouse (H. fuliginosus) is an inhabitant of Western Australia. 1920 E. A. Goldman Mammals of Panama (Smithsonian Misc. Coll.) 108 (heading) Rheomys raptor Goldman. Panama Water Mouse. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 636/1 The Mexican water mouse (R. mexicanus) was described in 1959. 2007 B. Breed & F. Ford Native Mice & Rats i. 5 Aquatic and tidal habitats are the home of water rats (Hydromys) and water mice (Xeromys). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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