APODEMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apodemus mean? 

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

1. Old World field mice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APODEMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World field mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apodemus; genus Apodemus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Apodemus"):

field mouse; fieldmouse (any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)

Apodemus sylvaticus; European wood mouse (nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)

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

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)