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KANGAROO RAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
Synonyms:
kangaroo rat; rat kangaroo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kangaroo rat" is a kind of...):
kangaroo (any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kangaroo rat"):
potoroo (Australian rat kangaroos)
bettong (short-nosed rat kangaroo)
jerboa kangaroo; kangaroo jerboa (brush-tailed rat kangaroo)
Holonyms ("kangaroo rat" is a member of...):
Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae (rat kangaroos)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
Synonyms:
desert rat; Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("kangaroo rat" is a kind of...):
pocket rat (any of various rodents with cheek pouches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kangaroo rat"):
Dipodomys ordi; Ord kangaroo rat (most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States)
Holonyms ("kangaroo rat" is a member of...):
Dipodomys; genus Dipodomys (kangaroo rats)
