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antechinus /ˌantɪˈkʌɪnəs /nounA 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). |