| 单词 | alpine mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAlpine mouse Alpine mouse n. [after classical Latin mūs Alpīnus (Pliny)] now historical and rare = Alpine marmot n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Marmota > marmota marmota (marmot) mouse of the mountain?1583 mountain-mouse1599 marmottane1601 Alpine mouse1607 marmot1607 mountain rat1659 Alpine marmot1771 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 521 The Alpine Mouse taketh her name from the Alpes... The Italians cal it Marmota. 1765 W. Lewis New Dispensatory (ed. 2) ii. 99/1 Some of these [fats]..are attenuating and resolvent; such as those of the heron, wild cat.., fox, alpine mouse, [etc.]. 1834 Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 181 I have long known that dogs (and, I think, the shepherd's beyond all others) are particularly fond of the Alpine mouse. 1993 K. Reynolds Central Switzerland 23 Marmots, whose name comes from Murmeltier (the alpine mouse of the Romans). < as lemmas |
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