DICROSTONYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dicrostonyx mean? 

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

1. pied lemmings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DICROSTONYX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pied lemmings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dicrostonyx; genus Dicrostonyx

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Dicrostonyx"):

pied lemming (North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged)

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

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)