Library / English Dictionary

BAIOMYS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pygmy mice

Synonyms:

Baiomys; genus Baiomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Baiomys" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Baiomys"):

Baiomys taylori; pygmy mouse (very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico)

Holonyms ("Baiomys" 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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