REITHRODONTOMYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reithrodontomys mean? 

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

1. New World harvest mice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REITHRODONTOMYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World harvest mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Reithrodontomys; Reithrodontomys

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Reithrodontomys"):

American harvest mouse; harvest mouse (any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields)

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

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