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PEROMYSCUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peromyscus mean?
• PEROMYSCUS (noun)
The noun PEROMYSCUS has 1 sense:
1. New World wood mice
Familiarity information: PEROMYSCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World wood mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Peromyscus; Peromyscus
Hypernyms ("Peromyscus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Peromyscus"):
Peromyscus leucopus; vesper mouse; white-footed mouse (American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts)
deer mouse; Peromyscus maniculatus (brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus)
cactus mouse; Peromyscus eremicus (burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States)
cotton mouse; Peromyscus gossypinus (large dark mouse of southeastern United States)
Holonyms ("Peromyscus" 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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