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Definition of Geomys
1. Noun. Type genus of the Geomyidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Geomyidae, Geomyidae
Member holonyms: Geomys Bursarius, Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys Pinetis, Southeastern Pocket Gopher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geomys
Literary usage of Geomys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. t*Geomys lutescens (Merriam). ... to or a
little beyond the ninety-ninth meridian. f*Geomys breviceps breviceps Baird. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The Geomys, Rafin. ... are almost precisely similar to the Geomys, but they have
no tail. (2) These animals are also from North America. ..."
3. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1916)
"The passage of the ovum through the uterine epithelium in Geomys ... In Geomys
we find a second rodent of this type, but with the following important points ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"Thomomys are not half as large as Geomys. Their manner of throwing up hills
differs from that of Geomys in several ways: (1) The single hills average about ..."
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