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GENUS MICROTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Voles of the northern hemisphere
Synonyms:
genus Microtus; Microtus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Microtus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Microtus"):
meadow mouse; meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvaticus (widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada)
Microtus richardsoni; Richardson vole; water vole (of western North America)
Microtus ochrogaster; prairie vole (typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada)
Holonyms ("genus Microtus" 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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