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GENUS CLETHRIONOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Clethrionomys mean?
• GENUS CLETHRIONOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS CLETHRIONOMYS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Cricetidae
Familiarity information: GENUS CLETHRIONOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Cricetidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Clethrionomys; genus Clethrionomys
Hypernyms ("genus Clethrionomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Clethrionomys"):
red-backed mouse; redback vole (any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America)
Holonyms ("genus Clethrionomys" 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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