| 单词 | native cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnative cat native cat n. any of several carnivorous catlike marsupials constituting the genus Dasyurus (family Dasyuridae) and having short legs, a long tail, and a white-spotted coat, native to the forests of Australia and New Guinea; also called dasyure, quoll. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Dasyuridae > subfamily Dasyurinae > member of genus Dasyurus quoll1773 spotted marten1789 native cat1804 tiger-cat1832 dasyure1839 1804 Sydney Gaz. 11 Mar. 3/3 From the prodigious increase of the brood of wild or native cats great quantities of poultry have been destroyed. 1880 L. A. Meredith Tasmanian Friends & Foes 67 The native cat is similar [to the tiger cat], but smaller, and its fur is an ashy-grey. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xviii. 217 Most of them are..usually nocturnal, and on the whole not well fitted for captivity. Exceptions include various types of kangaroos, the dasyure, or native cat, wombats, [etc.]. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) I. 49/1 The three larger species of native ‘cats’ appear to have suffered since the settlement of Australia by Europeans. < as lemmas |
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