Definition of Nesokia

1. Noun. Bandicoot rats.

Exact synonyms: Genus Nesokia
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Muridae, Muridae
Member holonyms: Bandicoot Rat, Mole Rat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nesokia

Nernst potential
Nero's crown
Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
Nerodia
Nerodia sipedon
Neronian
Nerthus
Nertz
Neruda
Nerva
Nervous-Nellie
Nervous-Nelly
Nervous Nellie
Nervous Nelly
Nerys
Nesokia (current term)
Nessa
Nesselrode
Nesselrode pudding
Nessie
Nessies
Nessler
Nessler's reagent
Nestor
Nestor Paz Zamora Commission
Nestor notabilis
Nestorian
Nestorian Church
Nestorianism

Literary usage of Nesokia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"Nesokia gigantea, auct. Hdb. India. M. 2967. The left ramus of the mandible ... Nesokia indica, auct. Probably a variety of N. bengalensis. Hal. India. ..."

2. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"This bluff aspect led him formerly to class the best-known species as an Arvicola. 172. Nesokia indica. Mus apud GEOFFROY.—BLYTH, Cat. p. 112. ..."

3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"An examination of the examples of this species in the Indian Museum shows that it js not possible to separate the two so-called species Nesokia hardwickii ..."

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