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GENUS STICTOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stictomys mean?
• GENUS STICTOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS STICTOMYS has 1 sense:
1. mountain pacas
Familiarity information: GENUS STICTOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mountain pacas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Stictomys; Stictomys
Hypernyms ("genus Stictomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Stictomys"):
mountain paca (rodent of mountains of western South America)
Holonyms ("genus Stictomys" is a member of...):
Dasyproctidae; family Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)
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