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Neotoma

noun

packrats

• Syn: ↑genus Neotoma

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑packrat, ↑pack rat, ↑trade rat, ↑bushytail woodrat, ↑Neotoma cinerea, ↑dusky-footed woodrat, ↑Neotoma fuscipes, ↑eastern woodrat, ↑Neotoma floridana

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\\nēˈäd.əmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ne- + -toma (from Greek temnein to cut) — more at tome

: a genus of rodents (family Cricetidae) comprising the wood rats or pack rats of western No. America

Useful english dictionary. 2012.