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GENUS MICROMYX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World harvest mice

Synonyms:

genus Micromyx; Micromyx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Micromyx" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Micromyx"):

harvest mouse; Micromyx minutus (small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields)

Holonyms ("genus Micromyx" 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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