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DICROSTONYX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pied lemmings

Synonyms:

Dicrostonyx; genus Dicrostonyx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Dicrostonyx"):

pied lemming (North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged)

Holonyms ("Dicrostonyx" 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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