noun
type genus of the Geomyidae
• Syn: ↑genus Geomys
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Geomyidae, ↑family Geomyidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑plains pocket gopher, ↑Geomys bursarius, ↑southeastern pocket gopher, ↑Geomys pinetis
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Geomys /jēˈō-mis/
noun
The typical genus of Geomyidae /-mīˈi-dē/, the pouched rats, a family of American burrowing rodents with outward-opening cheekpouches
ORIGIN: Gr gē earth, and mȳs mouse
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geomyˈoid adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.