SIGMODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sigmodon mean? 

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

1. American cotton rats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGMODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American cotton rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sigmodon; Sigmodon

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Sigmodon"):

cotton rat; Sigmodon hispidus (destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America)

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

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)

 Context examples 

The rat of the genus and species Sigmodon hispidus.

(Cotton Rat, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

From the Sigmodon genus of rodents, Sigmodon hispidus was the first animal model to be used in polio research.

(Cotton Rat, NCI Thesaurus)