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ONYCHOMYS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Grasshopper mice

Synonyms:

genus Onychomys; Onychomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Onychomys"):

grasshopper mouse (insectivorous mouse of western North America)

Holonyms ("Onychomys" 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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