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GENUS PHENACOMYS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phenacomys mean?

• GENUS PHENACOMYS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHENACOMYS has 1 sense:

1. North American voles

Familiarity information: GENUS PHENACOMYS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS PHENACOMYS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Phenacomys ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

North American voles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Phenacomys" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phenacomys"):

phenacomys (any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States)

Holonyms ("genus Phenacomys" is a member of...):

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

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