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GENUS ZAPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Zapus mean?
• GENUS ZAPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ZAPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Zapodidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ZAPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Zapodidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Zapus; Zapus
Hypernyms ("genus Zapus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Zapus"):
meadow jumping mouse; Zapus hudsonius (widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada)
Holonyms ("genus Zapus" is a member of...):
family Zapodidae; Zapodidae (jumping mice)
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