GENUS PHENACOMYS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

North American voles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phenacomys"):

phenacomys (any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States)

Holonyms ("genus Phenacomys" is a member of...):

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

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