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Sigmodon

noun

American cotton rats

• Syn: ↑genus Sigmodon

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑cotton rat, ↑Sigmodon hispidus

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\\ˈsigməˌdän\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sigma + New Latin -odon

: a genus of cricetid rodents including the American cotton rats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.