PEROGNATHUS HISPIDUS

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Meaning:

Large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States

Synonyms:

hispid pocket mouse; Perognathus hispidus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

pocket mouse (any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail)

Holonyms ("Perognathus hispidus" is a member of...):

genus Perognathus; Perognathus (pocket mice)

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