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单词 mongan
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mongann.

Brit. /ˈmɒŋɡan/, /ˈmɒŋɡən/, U.S. /ˈmɑŋˌɡæn/, /ˈmɑŋɡən/, Australian English /ˈmɔŋɡæn/, /ˈmɔŋɡən/
Origin: A borrowing from Warrgamay. Etymon: Warrgamay munggany.
Etymology: < Warrgamay (northern Queensland) munggany.In the Warrgamay word, -ny represents a final palatal nasal consonant, interpreted by English speakers as /n/.
Chiefly Australian.
A ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus herbertensis, inhabiting the rainforest of north-eastern Queensland. Also called Herbert River ringtail.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phalangeridae (phalanger) > other types of
cuscus1775
vulpine opossum or phalanger1789
ring-tailed opossum1803
ringtail possum1825
ringtail1831
ringtail opossum1831
ursine phalanger1839
mongan1889
Leadbeater's possum1937
ring-tailed possum1941
1889 R. B. Anderson tr. C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals xiii. 173 Jimmy..had..found mongan.., a new and very pretty mammal, whose habitat is exclusively the highest tops of the scrubs in the Coast Mountains.
1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 113 It [sc. the Herbert River ring-tail] was discovered by Dr Carl Lumholtz in the uppermost mountain scrubs of the Herbert River gorges, where it is known to the local blacks as ‘Mongan’.
1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 76 Mongan, Herbert River Ringtail, Pseudocheirus herbertensis... Very dark brown with white under-surface; tip of tail white.
1980 G. B. Corbet & J. E. Hill World List Mammalian Species 16 P[seudocheirus] herbertensis. Mongan. NE Queensland; rain forest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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