Ochotona

Translingual

Etymology

From earlier Ogotona, commonly explained as deriving from Mongolian огдой (ogdoj, “pika”), however the form of the word resembles оготно (ogotno, “field mouse”) more.

Proper noun

Ochotona f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ochotonidae – the pikas.

Hyponyms

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