Norway rat

短语

[医] 棕鼠, 沟鼠, 褐鼠

词形变化

Norway rats 复数 Norway rats

别名

Norway

释义与例句

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    The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

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词源

The common name was popularised (and perhaps coined) by English naturalist John Berkenhout, in his Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain (1769). Berkenhout believed the species migrated to England from Norwegian ships in 1728; he is also responsible for the scientific name.

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