| 单词 | pouched rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspouched rat pouched rat n. any of several burrowing rodents having cheek pouches; esp. (a) North American a pocket gopher; (b) any of several African rodents of the genera Cricetomys, Saccostomus, and Beamys (family Muridae). ΚΠ 1821 Med. Repository New Ser. 6 249 (title) The Gopher, or Pouched Rat of North America, (Mus bursarius). 1856 A. W. Whipple in Rep. Explor. Route Pacific (U.S. War Dept.) III. i. 90 New species of pouched rats, an owl, and magnificent antlers of a mountain sheep, had been secured. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pouched rat,..(b) One of the African hamsters of the genus Cricetomys. 1917 F. B. Sanborn Life H. D. Thoreau xii. 402 The name ‘gopher’..signifies a gray squirrel in Canada, a striped squirrel in Minnesota, and a pouched rat in Missouri. 1983 R. M. Nowak & J. L. Paradiso Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 4) II. 682 African pouched rats have robust bodies; broad, thick heads; and short, strong legs and toes. 1995 Jrnl. Zool. 236 499 The lesser pouched rat B[eamys] hindei, is one of Africa's rarest and least known rodents. < as lemmas |
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