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GENUS APODEMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Apodemus mean?
• GENUS APODEMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS APODEMUS has 1 sense:
1. Old World field mice
Familiarity information: GENUS APODEMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World field mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Apodemus; genus Apodemus
Hypernyms ("genus Apodemus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Apodemus" is a member of...):
family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)
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