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PEROGNATHUS HISPIDUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Perognathus hispidus mean?
• PEROGNATHUS HISPIDUS (noun)
The noun PEROGNATHUS HISPIDUS has 1 sense:
1. large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
Familiarity information: PEROGNATHUS HISPIDUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hispid pocket mouse; Perognathus hispidus
Hypernyms ("Perognathus hispidus" is a kind of...):
pocket mouse (any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail)
Holonyms ("Perognathus hispidus" is a member of...):
genus Perognathus; Perognathus (pocket mice)
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