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GENUS GEOMYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Geomys mean? 

GENUS GEOMYS (noun)
  The noun GENUS GEOMYS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Geomyidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS GEOMYS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS GEOMYS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Geomyidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Geomys; Geomys

Hypernyms ("genus Geomys" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Geomys"):

Geomys bursarius; plains pocket gopher (gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America)

Geomys pinetis; southeastern pocket gopher (gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida)

Holonyms ("genus Geomys" is a member of...):

family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)


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