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PITYMYS PINETORUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pitymys pinetorum mean? 

PITYMYS PINETORUM (noun)
  The noun PITYMYS PINETORUM has 1 sense:

1. short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: PITYMYS PINETORUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITYMYS PINETORUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pine mouse; pine vole; Pitymys pinetorum

Hypernyms ("Pitymys pinetorum" is a kind of...):

field mouse; vole (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)

Holonyms ("Pitymys pinetorum" is a member of...):

genus Pitymys; Pitymys (pine mice)


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