pocket mouse
معنی کامل و مثالها
● (جانور شناسی) موش کیسهدار (تیره Heteromyidae - بومی غرب امریکای شمالی)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'pocket' refers to the fur-lined cheek pouches that the mouse uses to carry food, and 'mouse' comes from the Old English word 'mus' meaning 'small rodent.'
مثال
- Pocket mice are well-adapted to desert environments.
- The pocket mouse stores seeds in its cheek pouches for later consumption.
- She spotted a pocket mouse scurrying across the sand.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail