| 释义 |
‖ gundi|ˈgʌndɪ|
[Tripolitan Arabic (? orig. Berber); Lyon writes it in Arab. characters qundī; in Tripoli the letter qāf is pronounced (g).]
A kind of rat, Ctenodactylus massoni.
1781Pennant Quadrupeds II. 405 Gundi Marmot..Inhabits Barbary. 1821Lyon Trav. N. Africa i. 31, I [sallied forth] with my gun in search of animals called Gundy [etc.]. 1884Stand. Nat. Hist. V. 92 The gundi is about the size of a large Arvicola. 1895Lydekker Nat. Hist. III. 155. |