| 单词 | hog mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog mouse hog mouse n. (a) North American the bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis (obsolete rare); (b) English regional a shrew (genus Sorex) (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae > genus Sorex (shrew) shrewc725 mygalea1382 ranny1559 shrewmouse1572 hardishrew1601 muset1601 earth-shrew1607 sorex1607 spitemouse1668 hog mouse1743 wight1795 thraw-mouse1825 saddleback1948 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Cricetidae hog mouse1743 water rat1785 Norway lemming1829 Aspalax1860 1743 J. Isham Observ. Hudsons Bay (1949) 150 Mice here are Chiefly what they call in other parts hog mice, and are Very Numerious [sic] in the marshes grouting the ground with their nose, from which proceeds the name of hog mice. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May vii. 36 But it happened, that good Part of his Bean-crop was spoiled by Hog or Shrew-mice. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 330 Hogmouse, the shrew-mouse, or little snouted mouse. Mus araneus... The name has obviously been suggested from its long nose like a pig's. 1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 744 A neighbor..has..spoken of his experience with ‘hog mice’... He came to this country many years ago from Northamptonshire, England... This mythical rodent..has a head and face fashioned exactly like that of a hog. < as lemmas |
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