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GENUS MICROMYX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Micromyx mean?
• GENUS MICROMYX (noun)
The noun GENUS MICROMYX has 1 sense:
1. Old World harvest mice
Familiarity information: GENUS MICROMYX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World harvest mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Micromyx; Micromyx
Hypernyms ("genus Micromyx" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Micromyx"):
harvest mouse; Micromyx minutus (small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields)
Holonyms ("genus Micromyx" 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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