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PIKA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

Synonyms:

coney; cony; mouse hare; pika; rock rabbit

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Nouns denoting animals

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

gnawing mammal; lagomorph (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pika"):

little chief hare; Ochotona princeps (North American pika)

collared pika; Ochotona collaris (similar to little chief hare and may be same species)

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

family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)

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