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HYDROMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydromys mean?
• HYDROMYS (noun)
The noun HYDROMYS has 1 sense:
1. water rats
Familiarity information: HYDROMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hydromys; Hydromys
Hypernyms ("Hydromys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Hydromys"):
beaver rat (amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea)
Holonyms ("Hydromys" is a member of...):
Hydromyinae; subfamily Hydromyinae (water rats of Australia and New Guinea)
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