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单词 antechinus
释义

antechinus

/ˌantɪˈkʌɪnəs /
noun
A marsupial mouse of shrew-like habits and appearance, found in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania.
  • Genera Antechinus and Parantechinus, family Dasyuridae: several species.
The male antechinus can mate for 12 hours at a time....
  • In the daytime he sometimes found a tiny possum curled up asleep in the cutlery drawer or in a bowl on the kitchen shelf, or he glimpsed an antechinus by the door.
  • Lace monitors and yellow-footed antechinus accounted for 7.6% and 2.7% of all nests, respectively.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek anti- 'simulating' + ekhinos 'sea urchin, hedgehog' (from its bristly fur).

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