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noun
Any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, in-compounds
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Synonyms: niviventer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Niviventer niviventer, a species of murid found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sensu stricto
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History
Calque of translingual Niviventer (literally “snow(-white)-belly”) and translingual Niviventer niviventer (a reduplication of the previous term), respectively. By surface analysis, white + bellied + rat
Across languages
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