单词 | petauristine |
释义 | petauristineadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Of a mammal: having a fur-covered skin membrane between fore and hind limbs which enables it to make gliding leaps; spec. of or relating to the Asian genus Petaurista or subfamily Petauristinae of giant flying squirrels. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4425/1 Petauristine, same as petaurine. 1962 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 2104. 1 (title) Eupetaurus and the living petauristine sciurids. 1977 Jrnl. Mammalogy 58 374 (title) Myology of the gliding membranes of some petauristine rodents. B. n. A petauristine mammal. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4425/1 Petauristine, same as petaurine. 1989 Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. Sci. Ser. No. 33. 159 In Europe the oldest sciurid is the Petauristine Oligopetes Heissig, 1979. 1999 Systematic Parasitol. 42 187 The four previously known species of the genus [sc. Srivastavanema], which are all parasites of petauristines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1890 |
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