Akademik

Oryzomys

noun

rice rats

• Syn: ↑genus Oryzomys

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑rice rat, ↑Oryzomys palustris

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\\ōˈrīzəmə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from oryz- + -mys

: a genus of cricetid rodents including the rice rats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.