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GENUS NESOKIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bandicoot rats

Synonyms:

genus Nesokia; Nesokia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nesokia"):

bandicoot rat; mole rat (burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon)

Holonyms ("genus Nesokia" 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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