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    PIKA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    coney; cony; mouse hare; pika; rock rabbit

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    gnawing mammal; lagomorph (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pika"):

    little chief hare; Ochotona princeps (North American pika)

    collared pika; Ochotona collaris (similar to little chief hare and may be same species)

    Holonyms ("pika" is a member of...):

    family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)

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