| 单词 | palm-cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspalm-cat palm-cat n. (a) = palm civet n.; (b) rare the ocelot, Felis pardalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Paradoxurus (palm-civet) musang1783 palm marten1827 paradoxure1840 palm-cat1849 palm civet1862 toddy cat1867 tree-cat1885 paradoxurine1890 1849 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 911/1 These Indian Viverridae..are the least carnivorous of their family, their chief food consisting of the fruit of palm-trees, whence they have been called ‘Palm-cats’. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 144 The Palm-cat lurks by day among the fronds of the coco-nut trees, and by night makes destructive forays on the fowls. 1872 Chambers's Encycl. II. 737/2 Of the larger Carnivora [of Ceylon], the bear and Leopard; and of the smaller, the palm-cat and the glossy genette (the civet of Europeans) may be mentioned. 1904 N.E.D. at Palm Palm-cat,..the ocelot. < as lemmas |
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