sengi
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swahili sengi. First used in print in English by Jonathan Kingdon in 1997.[1]
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɛŋɡi/
Noun
sengi (plural sengis)
- An elephant shrew.
- 2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd Edition, page 251,
- Sengis feed on insects and other animal and plant material. […] Young sengis are highly precocial at birth—they will forage 1 day after birth (figure 12.14).
- 2007, Marian Armstrong, Wildlife and Plants, Volume 9, page 540,
- The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.
- 2010, Joseph F. Merritt, The Biology of Small Mammals, page 237,
- Like small African antelopes, sengis spend their life exposed to the elements while relying on disruptive coloration to act as camouflage from the plethora of African predators.
- 2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd Edition, page 251,
- A former (1967-1993) monetary unit of Zaire, 1/100 of a likuta.
References
- Elephant shrew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Zairean zaire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Macroscelididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Macroscelididae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Rathbun, G. B. and Kingdon, J. 2006. The etymology of 'sengi'. Afrotherian Conservation — Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 4:14-15
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Noun
sengi f
- (non-standard since 2012) (deprecated template usage) definite singular of seng