单词 | mouse-eared |
释义 | mouse-earedadj. Having ears resembling those of a mouse; having an appendage resembling a mouse's ear; spec. (of a willow) †having catkins (obsolete). Now chiefly in compounds (see sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [adjective] withenc1230 osiered?1523 osier1577 mouse-eareda1642 willowish1653 round-eared1704 willowed1745 willowy1766 tea-leaved1806 sallowy1840 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 17 The best wood for barres is the willowe, but such as have had experience advise not to fell them till such time as they beginne to budde and bee mouse-ear'd. 2002 themeparks.about.com 7 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) As with all Disney parades, secure good viewing spots at least 30 minutes before the parades or you may be peeking over rows of mouse-eared guests. Compounds mouse-eared bat n. any of several large Old World bats of the genus Myotis (family Vespertilionidae), having prominent ears resembling those of a mouse; esp. (more fully large mouse-eared bat, greater mouse-eared bat) M. myotis, found in Europe, parts of western Asia, and, rarely, in Britain. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Vespertilionidae > genus Myotis (mouse-eared bat) Natterer's bat1843 Daubenton's bat1887 mouse-eared bat1910 Natterer1943 1910 G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Hist. Brit. Mammals I. 191 The Mouse-eared bat, should it occur again in Britain, can hardly be mistaken for any other. 1956 Proc. Zool. Soc. 127 201 The animal was identified as a Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis..and then photographed in situ before being touched. 1980 G. B. Corbet & J. E. Hill World List Mammalian Species 63 M. blythi Lesser mouse-eared bat... M. bocagei Rufous mouse-eared bat. 1994 Folia Zool. 43 109 The most striking increase in numbers was observed in the greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis. mouse-eared chickweed n. = mouse-ear n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > chickweeds and stitchworts chicken meateOE bird's-tonguea1300 stitchworta1300 chickenweedc1300 piglea1400 chickweed?a1425 craches1530 mouse-ear1578 all-bony1597 chickenwort1762 Stellaria1785 all bones1787 mouse-eared chickweed1789 cerastium1799 starwort1809 satin flower1836 adder's meat1853 thunder-flower1853 snap-jack1867 shirt button1880 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 397 Cerastium vulgatum. Common mouse-eared Chickweed. 1927 Amer. Midland Naturalist 10 267 Cerastium vulgatum L., Larger Mouse-eared Chickweed, subdunal fields and meadows. 1945 Ecol. Monogr. 133 (table) Plants of southern Vancouver Island eaten by deer casually or under stress... Mouse-eared chickweed... Cerastium viscosum. mouse-eared cress n. = mouse-ear n. 3. ΚΠ 1988 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 115 235 The following plants were observed in flower:..Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-eared Cress). 1993 Sci. News 25 Sept. 198/1 A gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, or mouse-eared cress, that..is involved in clipping out marred DNA pieces. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > hawkweed or bastard hawkweed lungwortc1000 mouse-eara1300 pilosella?a1425 hawkweed1562 French lungwort1597 myosotis1601 golden mouse-ear1629 Grim the Collier1629 rattlesnake weed1651 Hieracium1664 pilosella1756 mouse-eared hawkweed1789 crepis1822 wall hawkweed1829 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 449 Hieracium pilosella. Creeping Mouse-Ear or Mouse-eared Hawkweed. 1853 H. Stephens Farmer's Guide I. 100/1 Purge flax,..Autumn apargia,..and mouse-eared hawk-weed..indicate a dry soil. ΚΠ 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 344 Myosotis scorpioides. Mouse-eared Scorpiongrass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1642 |
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