MICROTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Microtus mean? 

• MICROTUS (noun)
  The noun MICROTUS has 1 sense:

1. voles of the northern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: MICROTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Voles of the northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Microtus; Microtus

Hypernyms ("Microtus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Microtus"):

meadow mouse; meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvaticus (widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada)

Microtus richardsoni; Richardson vole; water vole (of western North America)

Microtus ochrogaster; prairie vole (typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada)

Holonyms ("Microtus" is a member of...):

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)