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GENUS MICROTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Microtus mean? 

GENUS MICROTUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MICROTUS has 1 sense:

1. voles of the northern hemisphereplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MICROTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Voles of the northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Microtus; Microtus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Microtus"):

meadow mouse; meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvaticus (widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada)

Microtus richardsoni; Richardson vole; water vole (of western North America)

Microtus ochrogaster; prairie vole (typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada)

Holonyms ("genus Microtus" 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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