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PEROGNATHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pocket mice
Synonyms:
genus Perognathus; Perognathus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Perognathus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Perognathus"):
Perognathus flavus; silky pocket mouse (small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico)
Perognathus flavescens; plains pocket mouse (small rodent of open areas of United States plains states)
hispid pocket mouse; Perognathus hispidus (large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States)
Holonyms ("Perognathus" is a member of...):
family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)
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