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Reithrodontomys

noun

New World harvest mice

• Syn: ↑genus Reithrodontomys

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑American harvest mouse, ↑harvest mouse

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\\ˌrīthrəˈdäntəˌmis\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from reithr- (from Greek rheithron that which flows, stream, from rhein to flow) + odont- + -mys — more at stream

: a genus of cricetid rodents comprising the harvest mice

Useful english dictionary. 2012.