dunnartn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌnɑːt/, U.S.

/ˈdəˌnɑrt/, Australian English

/ˈdʌnʌːt/

Origin: A borrowing from Nyungar. Etymon: Nyungar danart.

Etymology: < Nyungar (Perth–Albany region) danart, probably originally denoting the grey-bellied dunnart.

Any of various small insectivorous marsupials of the genus Sminthopsis (family Dasyuridae), which are native to Australia and New Guinea and typically have a pointed snout and prominent eyes. Frequently with distinguishing word.Also called marsupial mouse, pouched mouse.

ΚΠ

1909 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 79 ii. 843 Sminthopsis murina... Pouched Mouse of Colonists. ‘Dunnart’ (Margaret River) of natives.

1930 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 8 May 9/4 Both the common and the fat-tailed Dunnarts..will kill and eat spiders, I have tested them.

1992 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Apr. 82/1 Dartling from beneath a stone A dunnart caught The quick eye of a hooded bird.

1999 New Scientist 27 Feb. 27/2 The Julia Creek dunnart..is only 4 millimetres long when it crawls from its mother's womb to her pouch.

2005 C. R. Dickman in R. M. Nowak Walker's Marsupials of World 29 In several species of dunnarts (Sminthopsis spp.),..reproductive activity begins in spring when daylength is increasing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dunnart
释义	dunnartn. Brit. /ˈdʌnɑːt/, U.S. /ˈdəˌnɑrt/, Australian English /ˈdʌnʌːt/ Origin: A borrowing from Nyungar. Etymon: Nyungar danart. Etymology: < Nyungar (Perth–Albany region) danart, probably originally denoting the grey-bellied dunnart. Any of various small insectivorous marsupials of the genus Sminthopsis (family Dasyuridae), which are native to Australia and New Guinea and typically have a pointed snout and prominent eyes. Frequently with distinguishing word.Also called marsupial mouse, pouched mouse. ΚΠ 1909 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 79 ii. 843 Sminthopsis murina... Pouched Mouse of Colonists. ‘Dunnart’ (Margaret River) of natives. 1930 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 8 May 9/4 Both the common and the fat-tailed Dunnarts..will kill and eat spiders, I have tested them. 1992 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Apr. 82/1 Dartling from beneath a stone A dunnart caught The quick eye of a hooded bird. 1999 New Scientist 27 Feb. 27/2 The Julia Creek dunnart..is only 4 millimetres long when it crawls from its mother's womb to her pouch. 2005 C. R. Dickman in R. M. Nowak Walker's Marsupials of World 29 In several species of dunnarts (Sminthopsis spp.),..reproductive activity begins in spring when daylength is increasing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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