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SIGMODON HISPIDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sigmodon hispidus mean? 

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

1. destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SIGMODON HISPIDUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cotton rat; Sigmodon hispidus

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

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

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

genus Sigmodon; Sigmodon (American cotton rats)


 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)



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