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PITYMYS PINETORUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pitymys pinetorum mean?
• PITYMYS PINETORUM (noun)
The noun PITYMYS PINETORUM has 1 sense:
1. short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
Familiarity information: PITYMYS PINETORUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
pine mouse; pine vole; Pitymys pinetorum
Hypernyms ("Pitymys pinetorum" is a kind of...):
field mouse; vole (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)
Holonyms ("Pitymys pinetorum" is a member of...):
genus Pitymys; Pitymys (pine mice)
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