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PEROGNATHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pocket mice

Synonyms:

genus Perognathus; Perognathus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Perognathus"):

Perognathus flavus; silky pocket mouse (small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico)

Perognathus flavescens; plains pocket mouse (small rodent of open areas of United States plains states)

hispid pocket mouse; Perognathus hispidus (large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States)

Holonyms ("Perognathus" 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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