“paradoxure”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

paradoxure

释义

paradoxure Zool.|pærəˈdɒksjʊə(r)|
[ad. mod.L. paradoxūrus, f. Gr. παράδοξ-ος (see paradox) + οὐρά tail.]
An animal of the genus Paradoxurus, family Viverridæ, or of an allied genus, so called because of its remarkably long curving tail; a palm-cat, palm-marten, or palm-civet.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 407/2 The Paradoxure was confounded by Buffon with the Common Genet.1883W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 436/2 The Paradoxures or Palm-Civets are less strictly carnivorous than the other members of the family.Ibid., Hemigale, another modification of the Paradoxure type.1886P. Robinson Valley Teet. Trees 99 Paradoxures squeak and scuffle. The jerboas are wide awake.

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