| 单词 | water opossum |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater opossum water opossum n. †(a) an opossum shrimp, Praunus flexuosus (obsolete rare); (b) a semiaquatic marsupial with webbed hind feet and water-repellent fur, Chironectes minimus (family Didelphidae), found in and near streams and rivers in Mexico and Central and South America; also called yapok. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) > other types of philander1753 marmose1774 murine opossum1796 water opossum1819 yapock1827 manicou1953 1819 Dialogues Entomol. xliv. 390 Oh, mamma, it should be called the water opossum. 1846 G. R. Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mammalia I. 533 The Yapock, or Water-Opossum. 1921 Conquest Sept. 484/2 The tropical American water-opossum, which was described by Buffon as ‘the little otter of Guiana’. 2009 Evolution 63 2451/2 The water opossum..is the sole semiaquatic marsupial known. < as lemmas |
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