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LIOMYS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pocket mice

Synonyms:

genus Liomys; Liomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Liomys"):

Liomys irroratus; Mexican pocket mouse (large pocket mouse of Mexico)

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

family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)

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