| 单词 | pig-footed bandicoot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspig-footed bandicoot pig-footed bandicoot n. the bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus, with only two functional toes on the forefoot, which was formerly found in the dry regions of Australia but was extinct by the mid 20th cent. ΚΠ 1836 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. Eastern Austral. II. 131 Pig-footed bandicoot, This animal was of the size of a young wild rabbit, and of nearly the same colour. 1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals of Austral. (ed. 8) 76 The Pig-footed Bandicoot is regarded as a specialized offshoot of the plain-inhabiting members of the genus Perameles. 2001 Guardian 5 Apr. (Science section) 3/6 Like the rest of Australia it has lost the pig-footed bandicoot, toolache wallaby and hare wallaby. < as lemmas |
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