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MYOPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Myopus mean?
• MYOPUS (noun)
The noun MYOPUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Cricetidae
Familiarity information: MYOPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Cricetidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Myopus; Myopus
Hypernyms ("Myopus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Myopus"):
gray lemming; grey lemming; red-backed lemming (Old World lemming)
Holonyms ("Myopus" 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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