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GENUS ONYCHOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Onychomys mean?
• GENUS ONYCHOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS ONYCHOMYS has 1 sense:
1. grasshopper mice
Familiarity information: GENUS ONYCHOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grasshopper mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Onychomys; Onychomys
Hypernyms ("genus Onychomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Onychomys"):
grasshopper mouse (insectivorous mouse of western North America)
Holonyms ("genus Onychomys" 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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