OCHOTONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ochotona mean? 

• OCHOTONA (noun)
  The noun OCHOTONA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Ochotonidae

  Familiarity information: OCHOTONA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCHOTONA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Ochotonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ochotona; Ochotona

Hypernyms ("Ochotona" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ochotona"):

little chief hare; Ochotona princeps (North American pika)

collared pika; Ochotona collaris (similar to little chief hare and may be same species)

Holonyms ("Ochotona" is a member of...):

family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)