perognathus flavus

1. 1.

   small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico

   Synonymssilky pocket mouse

   Broaderpocket mouse

   Part ofPerognathus

Questions about perognathus flavus

What does perognathus flavus mean?

perognathus flavus means "small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico".

What is another word for perognathus flavus?

Close synonyms include silky pocket mouse. 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 perognathus flavus a common word?

perognathus flavus 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.