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GENUS THOMOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Thomomys mean?
• GENUS THOMOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS THOMOMYS has 1 sense:
1. western pocket gophers
Familiarity information: GENUS THOMOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Western pocket gophers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Thomomys; Thomomys
Hypernyms ("genus Thomomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Thomomys"):
Thomomys bottae; valley pocket gopher (of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States)
northern pocket gopher; Thomomys talpoides (greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States)
Holonyms ("genus Thomomys" is a member of...):
family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)
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