noun
Meaning 1
The pacarana, Dinomys branickii.
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Count Branicki's mouse
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History
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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”).