- genus Hydromys
- nounwater rats• Syn: ↑Hydromys• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Hydromyinae, ↑subfamily Hydromyinae• Member Meronyms: ↑beaver rat
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genus Hydromys
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Hydromys — noun water rats • Syn: ↑genus Hydromys • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydromyinae, ↑subfamily Hydromyinae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hydromys chrysogaster — Beaver Bea ver, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b[ a]fver, Dan. b[ae]ver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr , Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj., brown, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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