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APODEMUS

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Meaning:

Old World field mice

Synonyms:

Apodemus; genus Apodemus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Apodemus"):

field mouse; fieldmouse (any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)

Apodemus sylvaticus; European wood mouse (nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)

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

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)

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