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    FAMILY GEOMYIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    North American pocket gophersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Geomyidae; Geomyidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Geomyidae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Geomyidae"):

    genus Geomys; Geomys (type genus of the Geomyidae)

    gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)

    genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)

    Holonyms ("family Geomyidae" is a member of...):

    Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)

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