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GENUS ARVICOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arvicola mean?
• GENUS ARVICOLA (noun)
The noun GENUS ARVICOLA has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
Familiarity information: GENUS ARVICOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arvicola; genus Arvicola
Hypernyms ("genus Arvicola" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Arvicola"):
Arvicola amphibius; water rat; water vole (common large Eurasian vole)
Holonyms ("genus Arvicola" 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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