A shrew; a ferret (see note in etymology). Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Apodemus (field-mouse) (9) mygalea1382 A shrew; a ferret (see note in etymology). Obsolete. field mouse?1440 any of various mice or other small mammals found in the open countryside and recognized as being distinct from the house mouse, now esp. mice of the… ranny1559 A shrew, esp. the common shrew, Sorex araneus. Also (perhaps by confusion): any of various small rodents. More fully ranny-mouse. hardishrew1601 A shrew (genus Sorex). wood mouse1601 nossro1686 A shrew; (also) a field mouse. bean-mouse1766 name given to the Long-tailed Field-mouse. St. Kilda mouse1899 a variety of the long-tailed field mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis, or the house mouse, Mus musculus muralis. Fair Isle1906 attributive. Designating a large form of the field (or wood) mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, found on Fair Isle and some other islands of Shetland. Now… |
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