muroidea

English Thesaurus

1. a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	family muridae, muridae,
definition	:	originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	myomorpha, suborder myomorpha,
definition	:	true rats and mice and related rodents (noun.animal)