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Thomomys
noun
western pocket gophers
Syn: ↑genus Thomomys
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Geomyidae, ↑family Geomyidae
Member Meronyms: ↑valley pocket gopher, ↑Thomomys bottae, ↑northern pocket gopher, ↑Thomomys talpoides

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\\ˈthōməˌmis\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek thōmos heap + New Latin -mys; from the heaps of earth thrown out along the burrows; akin to Greek tithenai to place, set — more at do
: a genus of rodents (family Geomyidae) comprising the pocket gophers of western No. America

Useful english dictionary. 2012.