Etymology

white-bellied rat

Today it means: Any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia. Full definition →

translingual Niviventer
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  1. translingual · calque ofNiviventer niviventer
  2. translingual · calque ofNiviventer
  3. English todaywhite-bellied rat

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

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