Definition of Genus onychomys

1. Noun. Grasshopper mice.

Exact synonyms: Onychomys
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Grasshopper Mouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Onychomys

genus Oligoporus
genus Ommastrephes
genus Omphalotus
genus Onchorynchus
genus Oncidium
genus Ondatra
genus Oniscus
genus Onobrychis
genus Onoclea
genus Ononis
genus Onopordon
genus Onopordum
genus Onosmodium
genus Onychium
genus Onychogalea
genus Onychomys
genus Opheodrys
genus Ophiodon
genus Ophioglossum
genus Ophiophagus
genus Ophisaurus
genus Ophrys
genus Opisthocomus
genus Opuntia
genus Orbignya
genus Orchestia
genus Orchis
genus Orcinus
genus Oreamnos
genus Orectolobus

Literary usage of Genus onychomys

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"Among the ten species and races of short-tailed mice of the genus Onychomys known to inhabit the United States we find a surprisingly small amount of color ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"A similar statement may be made of the interesting grasshopper-mice, of the genus Onychomys, which are also called scorpion-mice. ..."

3. The Mammals of Minnesota: A Scientific and Popular Account of Their Features by Clarence Luther Herrick (1892)
"genus onychomys, BAIRD. MOLE MICE. This genus is of particular interest in as much as it ... genus onychomys."

4. Bulletin (1892)
"genus onychomys, BAIRD. MOLE MICE. This genus is of particular interest in as much as it contains three varieties of mice which, from their inaccessible ..."

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