| 单词 | pontic mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPontic mouse Pontic mouse n. [after classical Latin mūs Ponticus (Pliny), ancient Greek μῦς Ποντικός (Aristotle)] an animal mentioned by Aristotle, used for its fur (sometimes identified with the weasel). ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 533 This Pontique Mouse differeth from others onely in colour, for the white is mingled with ashcolour... Beside there is a flying Ponticke or Scythian Mouse... They call it Popyelycza Latayacza, that is, A Pontique-flying Mouse. 1726 J. Swift Let. 15 Oct. in A. Pope Corr. (1956) II. 407 They must have been pontic mice, which as Olavs Magnus assures us always devours whatever is green. 1793 J. Dallaway Inq. Origin & Progress Sci. Heraldry 406 Sable pellis sabillina, the black part of the fur of the pontic mouse. 1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. iv. i. 139 Other authors assert, that the vair, or vares..was the skin of the Pontic mouse, and derived its name from varius and that this appellation, in Latin, was given to it on account of the variety of its colours. 1991 D. M. Balme tr. Aristotle Hist. Animals III. xvii.159 The dormouse also hides inside the trees, and becomes very fat then; also the white Pontic mouse. < as lemmas |
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