LOPHIOMYS

Meaning of LOPHIOMYS in English

ləˈfīəˌmis noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lophi- + -mys

: a genus of atypical rodents of northeastern and eastern Africa having the temporal fossae of the skull bridged by plates of bone — compare crested hamster

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LOPHIOMYS — (n.) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family …
Английский словарь Webster
LOPHIOMYS — ( n. ) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOPHIOMYS — noun a very singular rodent (lophiomys imhausi) of northeastern africa. it is the only known representative of a special family …
Webster English vocab
LOPHIOMYS IMHAUSI — maned rat
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
CRESTED HAMSTER — noun : a cat-sized nocturnal arboreal African rodent ( Lophiomys imhassi ) having a bushy tail and a crest of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKULLCAP — (n.) The Lophiomys.
Английский словарь Webster
SKULLCAP — ( n. ) The Lophiomys.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKULLCAP — noun the lophiomys. 2. skullcap ·noun a cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed …
Webster English vocab
MANED RAT — also called Crested Rat (Lophiomys imhausi), large rodent of the family Cricetidae (order Rodentia), found in highland forests of eastern …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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