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GENUS MICRODIPODOPS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Kangaroo mice

Synonyms:

genus Microdipodops; Microdipodops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Microdipodops" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Microdipodops"):

dwarf pocket rat; kangaroo mouse (small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats)

Holonyms ("genus Microdipodops" 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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