单词 | pouched rat |
释义 | pouched rat (once / 492472 pages) n WORD FAMILY pouched rat: pouched rats USAGE EXAMPLESTen to 15 African giant pouched rats are being reared in Tanzania to detect pungent pangolin remains as well as smuggled hardwood timber. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016) African giant pouched rats have previously been attached to leashes and used to detect mines and tuberculosis. The Guardian(Oct 25, 2016) When a giant Gambian pouched rat runs through the dining room, Clippy tries to pass it off as a cat that belonged to Ernest Hemingway. New York Times(Sep 04, 2016) n burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America Syn|Hypo|Hyper gopher, pocket gopher Geomys bursarius, plains pocket gopher gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America Geomys pinetis, southeastern pocket gophergopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida Thomomys bottae, valley pocket gopherof valleys and mountain meadows of western United States Thomomys talpoides, northern pocket gophergreyish to brown gopher of western and central United States pocket rat any of various rodents with cheek pouches |
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