PEROGNATHUS FLAVESCENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Perognathus flavescens mean? 

• PEROGNATHUS FLAVESCENS (noun)
  The noun PEROGNATHUS FLAVESCENS has 1 sense:

1. small rodent of open areas of United States plains states

  Familiarity information: PEROGNATHUS FLAVESCENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEROGNATHUS FLAVESCENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small rodent of open areas of United States plains states

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Perognathus flavescens; plains pocket mouse

Hypernyms ("Perognathus flavescens" is a kind of...):

pocket mouse (any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail)

Holonyms ("Perognathus flavescens" is a member of...):

genus Perognathus; Perognathus (pocket mice)