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GENUS SYNAPTOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Synaptomys mean?
• GENUS SYNAPTOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS SYNAPTOMYS has 1 sense:
1. bog lemmings
Familiarity information: GENUS SYNAPTOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bog lemmings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Synaptomys; Synaptomys
Hypernyms ("genus Synaptomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Synaptomys" 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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