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geomyid

geomyid noun: any gopher of the family Geomyidae.

geomyid: any gopher of the family Geomyidae
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Noun

geomyid (plural geomyids)

  1. Any gopher of the family Geomyidae.
    • Whereas geomyids seem to dominate the montane grassland, microtenes dominated the tallgrass, cricetines dominated the shortgrass and heteromyids dominated the desert grassland site.1982, L. D. Harris, G. B. Bowman, “6: Vertebrate predator subsystem”, in A. I. Breymeyer, George M. van Dyne, editors, Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man, page 595
    • A second potential problem is the geomyids in their phylogeny are linked more closely to the sciurids than to the muroids, yet several authorities suggest the geomyids should be placed among the muroidomopha (e.g. Eisenberg, 1981).1999, J. R. Speakman, “The Cost of Living: Field Metabolic Rates of Small Mammals”, in A. H. Fitter, D. G. Raffaelli, editors, Advances in Ecological Research, volume 30, page 226
    Synonyms:
    pocket gopher

Synonyms of geomyid

Forms of geomyid

pluralgeomyids

Questions about geomyid

What does geomyid mean?
Geomyid means any gopher of the family Geomyidae.
What part of speech is geomyid?
Geomyid is a noun.
What is the plural of geomyid?
The plural of geomyid is geomyids.

Words near geomyid in the dictionary

  1. geomuseum
  2. geomuseums
  3. geomycin
  4. geomycins
  5. geomycology
  6. geomyid
  7. geomyids
  8. geomyoid
  9. geomyoids
  10. geomyth
  11. geomythic

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