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DIPODIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World jerboas

Synonyms:

Dipodidae; family Dipodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dipodidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Dipodidae"):

Dipus; genus Dipus (type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot)

jerboa (mouselike jumping rodent)

genus Jaculus; Jaculus (jerboas)

Holonyms ("Dipodidae" is a member of...):

Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)

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