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SIGMODON

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

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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)

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