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GENUS CYNOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cynomys mean?
• GENUS CYNOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS CYNOMYS has 1 sense:
1. prairie dogs
Familiarity information: GENUS CYNOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prairie dogs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cynomys; genus Cynomys
Hypernyms ("genus Cynomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cynomys"):
prairie dog; prairie marmot (any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry)
Holonyms ("genus Cynomys" is a member of...):
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
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