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LIOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Liomys mean?
• LIOMYS (noun)
The noun LIOMYS has 1 sense:
1. pocket mice
Familiarity information: LIOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pocket mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Liomys; Liomys
Hypernyms ("Liomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Liomys"):
Liomys irroratus; Mexican pocket mouse (large pocket mouse of Mexico)
Holonyms ("Liomys" is a member of...):
family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)
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