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PEROMYSCUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New World wood mice

Synonyms:

genus Peromyscus; Peromyscus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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