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DICROSTONYX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dicrostonyx mean?
• DICROSTONYX (noun)
The noun DICROSTONYX has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DICROSTONYX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pied lemmings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dicrostonyx; genus Dicrostonyx
Hypernyms ("Dicrostonyx" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Dicrostonyx"):
pied lemming (North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged)
Holonyms ("Dicrostonyx" 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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