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THOMOMYS TALPOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Thomomys talpoides mean?
• THOMOMYS TALPOIDES (noun)
The noun THOMOMYS TALPOIDES has 1 sense:
1. greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States
Familiarity information: THOMOMYS TALPOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
northern pocket gopher; Thomomys talpoides
Hypernyms ("Thomomys talpoides" is a kind of...):
gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)
Holonyms ("Thomomys talpoides" is a member of...):
genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)
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