genus peromyscus

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   New World wood mice

   SynonymsPeromyscus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofCricetidae

Questions about genus peromyscus

What does genus peromyscus mean?

genus peromyscus means "New World wood mice".

What is another word for genus peromyscus?

Close synonyms include Peromyscus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus peromyscus a common word?

genus peromyscus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.