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GENUS OCHOTONA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ochotona mean?
• GENUS OCHOTONA (noun)
The noun GENUS OCHOTONA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Ochotonidae
Familiarity information: GENUS OCHOTONA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ochotonidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ochotona; Ochotona
Hypernyms ("genus Ochotona" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ochotona"):
little chief hare; Ochotona princeps (North American pika)
collared pika; Ochotona collaris (similar to little chief hare and may be same species)
Holonyms ("genus Ochotona" is a member of...):
family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)
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