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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)

Sense 1

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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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SIGMODON HISPIDUS: related words searches

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