| 单词 | giant otter shrew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgiant otter shrew otter shrew n. any of various central African, semiaquatic, insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, esp. (more fully giant otter shrew) Potamogale velox, which resembles a small otter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Tenrecidae (otter-shrew) tenrec1729 Potamogale1860 otter shrew1876 tang1891 potamogalid1895 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distribution Animals I. v. 87 (table) Potamogalidæ... Otter Shrew. 1975 Nature 13 Nov. 107/2 Joysey and his colleague..were concerned particularly to look for specimens of the West African otter shrew (Potamogale velox), a large and vicious insectivore that lives in muddy water and is apparently active only at night. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life i. iii. 44 Mammals have returned to the water many times. In addition to pinnipeds and otters there are..insectivores like the water shrew and the giant otter-shrew of Central Africa, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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