SIGMODON HISPIDUS
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 America
Familiarity information: SIGMODON HISPIDUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SIGMODON HISPIDUS (noun)
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; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals 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)
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