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FAMILY ZAPODIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Jumping mice

Synonyms:

family Zapodidae; Zapodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Zapodidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Zapodidae"):

jumping mouse (any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America)

genus Zapus; Zapus (type genus of the Zapodidae)

Holonyms ("family Zapodidae" is a member of...):

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

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