单词 | mouse-hunter |
释义 | > as lemmasmouse-hunter mouse-hunter n. a person or animal that hunts mice, spec. a (female) weasel; cf. mouse-hunt n.1 1. ΚΠ 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 2/2 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A muffled Cat no good Mous-hunter. 1854 Notes & Queries 22 Apr. 385/1 Three kinds..: the weasel, the stoat or stump, and the mousehunt or mousehunter, which is also called the thumb, from its diminutive size. 1891 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 523 Two friends—a bird-watcher and a mouse-hunter. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 719 The true and only weasel is the whittret or futteret or mouse-hunter or fairy-hound. 2000 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 27 Dec. 11 Night is the best time for mouse hunters. < as lemmas |
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