| 单词 | spotted marten |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspotted marten spotted marten n. the tiger quoll (marsupial), Dasyurus maculatus, of eastern Australia and Tasmania. Obsolete.extracted from martenn.spotted marten spotted marten n. Australian (now historical) the spot-tailed or tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus, a marsupial native cat of eastern Australia. ΚΠ 1789 A. Phillip Voy. Botany Bay 276 Spotted Martin. The species is about the size of a large polecat. 1852 Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Van Diemen's Land 2 i. 81 Dasyurus maculatus... The Spotted Martin... ‘Tiger Cat’ of the Colonists of Tasmania,..distinguished from D. viverrinus, (the ‘Native Cat’ of the Colonists), by its superior size. 2007 S. A. King Animal Dreaming (rev. ed.) 64 The early settlers quickly became familiar with the Quoll, calling it ‘Native Cat’, ‘Native Polecat’ and ‘Spotted Marten’. < as lemmas |
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