单词 | ring-tailed cat |
释义 | > as lemmasring-tailed cat ring-tailed cat n. a nocturnal, raccoon-like North American mammal, Bassariscus astutus (family Procyonidae), which has dark bands on the tail; also called ringtail, ringtail cat, cacomistle. ΚΠ 1866 A. Murray Geogr. Distrib. Mammals xii. 103 Its feline character is recognised by the American miners, who call it the ‘Civet’ and Mexican or Ring-tailed Cat. 1917 Mammals Amer. 108 Ring-tailed Cat... Other names..Mountain Cat, Raccoon Fox. 1958 P. Ryhiner & D. P. Mannix Wildest Game (1959) xvii. 302 I managed to pick up some cacomistles, or ring-tailed cats, in the Southwest. 1992 E. Hoagland Wowlas & Coral in Balancing Acts 187 Elmo showed us tree rat, gibnut gopher, bush dog, and ring-tailed cat tracks. < as lemmas |
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