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Geomyidae

noun

North American pocket gophers

• Syn: ↑family Geomyidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuromorpha, ↑suborder Sciuromorpha

• Member Meronyms:

↑Geomys, ↑genus Geomys, ↑gopher, ↑pocket gopher, ↑pouched rat, ↑Thomomys, ↑genus Thomomys

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\\ˌjēōˈmīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Geomys, type genus (from ge- + Greek mys mouse) + -idae — more at mouse

: a family of No. American sciuromorph burrowing rodents comprising the pocket gophers and extinct related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.