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ORYZOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oryzomys mean?
• ORYZOMYS (noun)
The noun ORYZOMYS has 1 sense:
1. rice rats
Familiarity information: ORYZOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rice rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Oryzomys; Oryzomys
Hypernyms ("Oryzomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Oryzomys"):
Oryzomys palustris; rice rat (hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States)
Holonyms ("Oryzomys" is a member of...):
Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)
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