"antechinus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: antechinuses [plural], antechini [plural, rare]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Antechinus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Antechinus}} translingual Antechinus Head templates: {{en-noun|+|antechini|pl2qual=rare}} antechinus (plural antechinuses or (rare) antechini)
  1. Any member of the genus Antechinus of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble shrews. Wikipedia link: antechinus Categories (lifeform): Dasyuromorphs Translations (marsupial): 袋鼩 (Chinese Mandarin), breedvoetbuidelmuizen (Dutch), Breitfuß-Beutelmäuse (German), אַנטֶכִינוּס (Hebrew), 안테키누스속 (antekinuseusok) (Korean), انتیکاینس (Persian), chutliwiec (Polish), rato-marsupial-australiano (Portuguese), сумчатые мыши (sumčatyje myši) (Russian), широконогие сумчатые мыши (širokonogije sumčatyje myši) (Russian), pungspetsekorrar (Swedish), сумчаста миша (sumčasta myša) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-antechinus-en-noun-9aH1qVZq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Derived forms: agile antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus agilis), Atherton antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus godmani), brown antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus stuartii), buff-footed antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus mysticus), cinnamon antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus leo), dusky antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus swainsonii), false antechinus (english: Pseudantechinus), fawn antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus bellus), pseudantechinus (english: Pseudantechinus), subtropical antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus subtropicus), Swainson's artechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus swainsonii), swamp antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus minimus), tropical antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus adustus), yellow-footed antechinus (taxonomic: Antechinus flavipes)

Inflected forms

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