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Nesokia

noun

bandicoot rats

• Syn: ↑genus Nesokia

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Muridae, ↑family Muridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bandicoot rat, ↑mole rat

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\\nə̇ˈsōkēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin

: a genus of burrowing Indian scaly-tailed murine rats including important vectors of plague

Useful english dictionary. 2012.