| 单词 | star-nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar-nose star-nose n. (more fully star-nose mole) = star-nosed mole n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Condylura (star-nosed mole) radiated mole1771 star-nose1809 Condylura1837 1809 B. S. Barton Let. 19 Dec. in Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Promoting Agric. (1811) 2 138 We have, at least, two species of moles near Philadelphia, which are in many respects, different; I mean the Sorex aquaticus about which I am most concerned, and the species called by our farmers, the ‘star-nose-mole’, or Sorex cristatus. 1903 S. N. Rhoads Mammals of Pennsylvania & New Jersey 202 From what we know of its habits and distribution, however, as well as its scarcity in arable lands, it is safe to say that a more harmless mammal than the star-nose does not exist. 2003 S. C. Morris Life's Solution vii. 175 (caption) The star-nose mole, a typical mole in terms of its powerful fore-limbs, but remarkable for its tentacular nose, with its nostrils clearly visible. < as lemmas |
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