Antechinus

Quick meaning: Antechinus is a noun meaning Any member of the genus Antechinus of small carnivorous Australian marsupials that resemble shrews.

Meaning

Any member of the genus Antechinus of small carnivorous Australian marsupials that resemble shrews.

Example Sentences

If held as a colony outside the breeding season, antechinus show relatively little aggression while still forming a linear hierarchy.

Smaller than the wambengers, the antechinuses are secretive and are seldom seen by people unless they are caught and brought into houses by domestic cats.

Two species of antechini live above the snowline. These are pugnacious rat-sized marsupials. Male antechini copulate so vigorously that they die from exhaustion.

Being on the West Coast at the time, and always anxious to forward any scientific investigations, I collected all the varieties of kangaroo rats, antechini, and rats that came under my observation.

Word Forms

• antechinuses
• antechini

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anteater, myrmecophage, myrmecophagid, shrew, ant-eater, attine.

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