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GENUS NESOKIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nesokia mean?
• GENUS NESOKIA (noun)
The noun GENUS NESOKIA has 1 sense:
1. bandicoot rats
Familiarity information: GENUS NESOKIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bandicoot rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nesokia; Nesokia
Hypernyms ("genus Nesokia" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Nesokia"):
bandicoot rat; mole rat (burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon)
Holonyms ("genus Nesokia" is a member of...):
family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)
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