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GEOMYS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Geomyidae

Synonyms:

genus Geomys; Geomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Geomys"):

Geomys bursarius; plains pocket gopher (gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America)

Geomys pinetis; southeastern pocket gopher (gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida)

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

family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)

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