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CLETHRIONOMYS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Cricetidae

Synonyms:

Clethrionomys; genus Clethrionomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Clethrionomys"):

red-backed mouse; redback vole (any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America)

Holonyms ("Clethrionomys" 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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