heteromyidae
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mammal family, |
| definition | : | a family of mammals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | pocket mouse, |
| definition | : | any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus perognathus, perognathus, |
| definition | : | pocket mice (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus liomys, liomys, |
| definition | : | pocket mice (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | dipodomys, genus dipodomys, |
| definition | : | kangaroo rats (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus microdipodops, microdipodops, |
| definition | : | kangaroo mice (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha, |
| definition | : | large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. (noun.animal) |
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