| 单词 | house mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse mouse house mouse n. a greyish-brown mouse, Mus musculus, found frequently as a scavenger inside and around human dwellings, and in fields.The house mouse is also widely bred and kept as an experimental animal and a pet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > mus musculus or house mouse house mouse?1555 St. Kilda mouse1899 ?1555 W. Turner Huntyng Romyshe Wolfe sig. A.viiv Who is he so inexpert, that cannot discerne a blacke house mouse, from a browne felde mouse, with the long snout, muche like vnto a shrowe? 1658 J. Rowland Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 394 But the house Mouse whereof we now intreat, is engendered by copulation betwixt male and female, and they are in general most libidinous. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 291 The colour of the fur on the back is darker than that of the House Mouse. 1835 L. Jenyns Man. Brit. Vertebr. Animals 31 M[us] Musculus, Linn. (House Mouse.)—Fur dusky gray above with a tinge of yellow; beneath cinereous. 1916 G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Hist. Brit. Mammals II. 635 In all probability the House Mouse is of Asiatic origin. 2005 Guardian 23 Nov. ii. 28/1 If they are house mice (Mus musculus) they are unlikely to survive the rigours of an open habitat such as woodland or open countryside. < as lemmas |
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