| 单词 | porcupine anteater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporcupine anteater b. More fully spiny anteater. A spiny monotreme mammal of the family Tachyglossidae, found in Australia and New Guinea; an echidna; esp. (more fully porcupine anteater) the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Only T. aculeatus feeds largely on ants and termites, other species of the family feeding on a variety of invertebrates. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna anteater1792 porcupine anteater1799 porcupine1803 spiny ant-eater1827 Echidna1847 1792 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist's Misc. III. Pl. 109 The porcupine ant-eater... Specific character. Spiny ant-eater with very short tail. 1868 Chambers' Cycl. (at cited word) The Echidnæ of New Holland are sometimes called Porcupine Ant-Eaters from their food, and their similarity to the true ant-eaters in their sharp muzzle and extensile tongue. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 268 Myrmecobius, the living Australian Ant-eater. 1971 Sci. News 99 51/2 Movements of the anteater, which Griffiths calls Australia's most successful mammal, appear to be related to food supply. 2010 C. Striveldi Australia 25 Another name for the echidna is spiny anteater. porcupine anteater porcupine anteater n. = sense 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna anteater1792 porcupine anteater1799 porcupine1803 spiny ant-eater1827 Echidna1847 1799 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales (1802) II. 145 The dogs found a porcupine ant-eater but could make no impression on him. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. III. 557 The Porcupine Ant-eater... This in length about a foot; coated on the upper parts with spines resembling those of a porcupine. 1894 Davenport Daily Leader (Iowa) 30 Aug. 6/2 These porcupine ant-eaters lay eggs; but they are mammals just the same, and suckle their young. 1948 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 7 June 6/6 Porcupine anteaters have strong claws on their feet and are excellent diggers. 2001 A. Moyal Platypus i. 16 Caley subsequently bought his porcupine anteater from the Aborigines for five gallons of rum! < as lemmas |
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