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GEOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Geomys mean?
• GEOMYS (noun)
The noun GEOMYS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Geomyidae
Familiarity information: GEOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Geomyidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Geomys; Geomys
Hypernyms ("Geomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Geomys"):
Geomys bursarius; plains pocket gopher (gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America)
Geomys pinetis; southeastern pocket gopher (gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida)
Holonyms ("Geomys" is a member of...):
family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)
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