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GENUS SIGMODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sigmodon mean?
• GENUS SIGMODON (noun)
The noun GENUS SIGMODON has 1 sense:
1. American cotton rats
Familiarity information: GENUS SIGMODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American cotton rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sigmodon; Sigmodon
Hypernyms ("genus Sigmodon" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sigmodon"):
cotton rat; Sigmodon hispidus (destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America)
Holonyms ("genus Sigmodon" 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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