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moldwarp 欧洲鼹鼠

来自mold,泥土,warp,扔,投掷,纺纱。字面意思即扔土者,用于指欧洲的一种鼹鼠。

moldwarp (n.)
also mouldwarp, early 14c., moldewarp, from Proto-Germanic *moldo-worpo(n)-, literally "earth-thrower," from to Old English molde "earth, soil" (see mole (n.2) + weorpan "to throw" (see warp (v.)). Common Germanic, compare Old Saxon moldwerp, Dutch mulworp, Norwegian moldvarp, Danish muldvarp, Old High German multwurf, German Maulwurf (influenced by Maul "mouth").