a small semiaquatic European mammal related to the mole, with a long tubular muzzle and webbed toes (半水栖)麝鼹,鼬鼹
Family Talpidae: the Russian desman (Desmana moschata) and the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) 鼹科: 包括俄罗斯麝鼹(拉丁名Desmana moschata)和比利牛斯鼬鼹(拉丁名Galemys pyrenaicus)
语源
late 18th cent.: via French and German from Swedish desman-råtta 'muskrat', from desman 'musk'