| 单词 | rabbit rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrabbit rat rabbit rat n. (a) any of several large Australian tree rats constituting the genera Conilurus and Mesembriomys, which have relatively long ears and a long tail; (b) Australian (now rare) = rabbit-eared bandicoot n. at rabbit-eared adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > other types of mouse or rat rock rat1781 Otomys1834 rabbit rat1837 deer-mouse1840 bamboo rat1881 muskrat1884 sigmodont1884 grasshopper mouse1888 veld rat1905 striped mouse1932 Sprague-Dawley1951 1837 G. Bennett Catal. Specimens Nat. Hist. Austral. Mus. 6 The Rabbit Rat of the Colonists. Habitat, Interior of Australia. 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Mar. 14/3 The bilby..is common in Western Queensland..where..it is called the ‘rabbit-rat’. 1941 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. 305 The various species [of Mesembriomys and Conilurus]..are sometimes called ‘rabbit-rats’ in reference to the rather large ears. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 816/1 Rabbit rats [sc. Conilurus species] are found in a variety of habitats—beaches along salt water, swamps, grassy plains, and well-timbered areas. < as lemmas |
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