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bastard big-footed mouse

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English

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Etymology

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From the taxonomic name, from the surname of the person who discovered it.[1]

Noun

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bastard big-footed mouse (plural bastard big-footed mice)

  1. (rare) Macrotarsomys bastardi, a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, found only in Madagascar.

References

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  1. ^ Alphonse Milne-Edwards & Guillaume Grandidier,D'une espèce nouvelle de Muridé Provenant de Madagascar,Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Issue 4, page 179, '
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