English Explanatory Dictionary

Count Branicki's mouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The pacarana, Dinomys branickii.

Word forms

Count Branicki's mouse Count Branicki's mice

Etymology

Named for Hieronim Florian Radziwill Konstanty, Count Branicki, a Polish nobleman. The species is not a mouse, but is in the order Rodentia. The genus name Dinomys comes from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

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