SIGMODON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

American cotton rats

Synonyms:

genus Sigmodon; Sigmodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Sigmodon"):

cotton rat; Sigmodon hispidus (destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America)

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

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)