GENUS LIOMYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Liomys mean? 

• GENUS LIOMYS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LIOMYS has 1 sense:

1. pocket mice

  Familiarity information: GENUS LIOMYS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LIOMYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pocket mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Liomys; Liomys

Hypernyms ("genus Liomys" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Liomys"):

Liomys irroratus; Mexican pocket mouse (large pocket mouse of Mexico)

Holonyms ("genus Liomys" is a member of...):

family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)