Library / English Dictionary

MYOPUS

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Cricetidae

Synonyms:

genus Myopus; Myopus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Myopus"):

gray lemming; grey lemming; red-backed lemming (Old World lemming)

Holonyms ("Myopus" 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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