antechinornys

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


scientific name for the genuswith the one species of Long legged Pouched-Mouse (q.v.). (Grk. 'anti, opposed to, 'echivos,hedgehog, and mus, mouse, sc. a mouse different to thehedgehog.) It is a jumping animal exclusively insectivorous.