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GENUS PHENACOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phenacomys mean?
• GENUS PHENACOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHENACOMYS has 1 sense:
1. North American voles
Familiarity information: GENUS PHENACOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American voles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Phenacomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phenacomys"):
phenacomys (any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States)
Holonyms ("genus Phenacomys" 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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