Definition of Geomys

1. Noun. Type genus of the Geomyidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Geomys

Geococcyx californianus
Geoff
Geoffrey
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffroea
Geoffroea decorticans
Geoffroy's cat
Geoffroy's cats
Geoffs
Geogia holly
Geoglossaceae
Geoglossum
Geometridae
Geomyidae
Geomys
Geomys bursarius
Geomys pinetis
Geonim
Geophilidae
Geophilomorpha
Geophilus
Geordie
Geordies
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
Georg Friedrich Handel
Georg Meissner
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Simon Ohm
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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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