Geomyid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Geomyid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any gopher of the family Geomyidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any gopher of the family Geomyidae.
Example Sentences
Compared with geomyids, little is known about the roles of other subterranean rodents in ecological succession.
Whereas geomyids seem to dominate the montane grassland, microtenes dominated the tallgrass, cricetines dominated the shortgrass and heteromyids dominated the desert grassland site.
A second potential problem is the geomyids in their phylogeny are linked more closely to the sciurids than to the muroids, yet several authorities suggest the geomyids should be placed among the muroidomopha (e.g. Eisenberg, 1981).
Word Forms
- geomyids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include geoemydid, eomyid, gopher, gobiid, heteromyid, dinomyid.
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