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GENUS BAIOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Baiomys mean?
• GENUS BAIOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS BAIOMYS has 1 sense:
1. pygmy mice
Familiarity information: GENUS BAIOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pygmy mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Baiomys; genus Baiomys
Hypernyms ("genus Baiomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Baiomys"):
Baiomys taylori; pygmy mouse (very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Baiomys" 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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