单词 | zemni-rat |
释义 | > as lemmaszemni-rat Any of several blind mole-rats of the genus Spalax occurring in Russia, Poland, and Ukraine. Also zemni-rat. 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 Spalax (mole-rat) zemni1775 mole-rat1781 rat-mole1827 1775–6 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals IV. 89 There is another animal in Poland and Russia, which is called ziemni, or zemni [Fr. un autre animal appelé ziemni ou zemni]; which is of the same race as the zisel, but larger, stronger, and more mischievous. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 571/2 Some..are devoid of the auricle, as the mole, the zemni-rat, the mole-rat. 1940 Bull. Fan Memorial Inst. Biol. Zool. Ser. Sept.–Oct. 168 Frederic Cuvier..referred to two kinds of Mole-Rats: the Zemmi (Spalax) and the Zocor (Siphneus or Myospalax), and joined the two in a single genus: Spalax. 1973 K. Coburn in S. T. Coleridge Notebks. III. (Notes) §4356 Coleridge is reading Cuvier's Lectures of Comparative Anatomy tr William Ross... The clue lies in the reference to the Zemni and the eel in the last paragraph. < as lemmas |
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