GENUS HETEROCEPHALUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sand rats

Synonyms:

genus Heterocephalus; Heterocephalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Heterocephalus"):

sand rat (small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas)

Holonyms ("genus Heterocephalus" is a member of...):

Bathyergidae; family Bathyergidae (mole rats; sand rats)