Hanoverian rat

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.

词形变化

Hanoverian rats plural

词源

The name was introduced by English naturalist Charles Waterton, a devout Catholic, as a slur on Protestant Hanoverians whose British rule began in 1714, shortly before the species first appeared in Britain.
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