GEOMYIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Geomyidae mean? 

• GEOMYIDAE (noun)
  The noun GEOMYIDAE has 1 sense:

1. North American pocket gophers

  Familiarity information: GEOMYIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEOMYIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American pocket gophers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Geomyidae; Geomyidae

Hypernyms ("Geomyidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Geomyidae"):

genus Geomys; Geomys (type genus of the Geomyidae)

gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)

genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)

Holonyms ("Geomyidae" is a member of...):

Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)