Echimys

noun

Echi·​mys

-ˈkīmə̇s,

ˈekəˌmis

: a genus (the type of the family Echimyidae) of hystricomorph rodents of South and Central America comprising various spiny rats or urares

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek echinos hedgehog + mys mouse

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