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POCKET RAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various rodents with cheek pouches
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pocket rat" is a kind of...):
rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pocket rat"):
pocket mouse (any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail)
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)
dwarf pocket rat; kangaroo mouse (small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats)
gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)
