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    GENUS PEROMYSCUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    New World wood miceplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Peromyscus; Peromyscus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Peromyscus" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Peromyscus"):

    Peromyscus leucopus; vesper mouse; white-footed mouse (American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts)

    deer mouse; Peromyscus maniculatus (brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus)

    cactus mouse; Peromyscus eremicus (burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States)

    cotton mouse; Peromyscus gossypinus (large dark mouse of southeastern United States)

    Holonyms ("genus Peromyscus" 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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