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FAMILY GEOMYIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Geomyidae mean?
• FAMILY GEOMYIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY GEOMYIDAE has 1 sense:
1. North American pocket gophers
Familiarity information: FAMILY GEOMYIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American pocket gophers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Geomyidae; Geomyidae
Hypernyms ("family Geomyidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Geomyidae"):
genus Geomys; Geomys (type genus of the Geomyidae)
gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)
genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)
Holonyms ("family Geomyidae" is a member of...):
Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)
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