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DIPODOMYS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Kangaroo rats

Synonyms:

Dipodomys; genus Dipodomys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Dipodomys"):

desert rat; Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat (any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae)

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

family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)

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