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Ochotona

noun

type genus of the Ochotonidae

• Syn: ↑genus Ochotona

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ochotonidae, ↑family Ochotonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑little chief hare, ↑Ochotona princeps, ↑collared pika, ↑Ochotona collaris

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\\ˌäkəˈtōnə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Mongolian ochodona pika

: the type genus of Ochotonidae comprising the pikas

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Ochotona /ok-ō-tōˈnə/ (zoology)

noun

The pika genus

ORIGIN: Mongolian ochodona

Useful english dictionary. 2012.