GENUS PEROGNATHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Perognathus mean? 

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

1. pocket mice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PEROGNATHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pocket mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Perognathus; Perognathus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Perognathus"):

Perognathus flavus; silky pocket mouse (small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico)

Perognathus flavescens; plains pocket mouse (small rodent of open areas of United States plains states)

hispid pocket mouse; Perognathus hispidus (large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States)

Holonyms ("genus Perognathus" 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)