| 单词 | spiny rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspiny rat spiny rat n. a rodent of the family Echimyidæ, found in tropical South and Central America and distinguished by bristly fur. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > member of family Bathyergidae > other types of gundi1781 tucutucu1839 spiny rat1876 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals II. xvii. 238 The Echimyidæ, or spiny rats, are a family, chiefly South American. 1924 W. B. Scott Hist. Land Mammals W. Hemisphere v. 184 The spiny rats (Echimys and Loncheres) are so called from their appearance, not because they are related to the true rats. 1974 H. MacInnes Climb to Lost World ix. 147 A spiny rat, a rare creature: Mike Atherley and I both saw it more than once and thought that it had no tail. < as lemmas |
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