单词 | vison |
释义 | visonn. The American mink. By some writers Vison has been used as the name of the genus Lutreola, to which the mink belongs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) > mustela vison (mink) mink1612 vison1780 Silverblu1941 mutation mink1942 Aleutian1946 sapphire1951 sapphire mink1960 1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VII. 308 The pekan has so strong a resemblance to the pine weasel, and the vison to the martin, that they may be regarded as varieties of these species. 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 448 Vison, Lutra Vison... This animal appears to approach..extremely near to the L. Lutreola, or Smaller Otter. 1843 J. E. Gray List Specimens Mammalia Brit. Mus. 64 The Mink, or Nurek Vison, Vison Lutreola. 1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) i. 22 The Mink, the Vison and other weasels of Northern America are in the habit of retiring to holes and crevices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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