Definition of Neotoma
:a genus of rodents (family Cricetidae) comprising the wood rats or pack rats of western North America
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Neotoma
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Ne·ot·o·ma
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nēˈätəmə
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Origin and Etymology of neotoma
New Latin, from ne- + -toma (from Greek temnein to cut)
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