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THOMOMYS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Western pocket gophers

Synonyms:

genus Thomomys; Thomomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Thomomys"):

Thomomys bottae; valley pocket gopher (of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States)

northern pocket gopher; Thomomys talpoides (greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States)

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

family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)

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