MERIONES UNGUICULATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meriones unguiculatus mean? 

• MERIONES UNGUICULATUS (noun)
  The noun MERIONES UNGUICULATUS has 1 sense:

1. a gerbil that is popular as a pet

  Familiarity information: MERIONES UNGUICULATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERIONES UNGUICULATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gerbil that is popular as a pet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Meriones unguiculatus; tamarisk gerbil

Hypernyms ("Meriones unguiculatus" is a kind of...):

gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)

Holonyms ("Meriones unguiculatus" is a member of...):

genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)

 Context examples 

A rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae, Meriones unguiculatus.

(Mongolian Gerbil, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae, Meriones unguiculatus is the most common species of the gerbil subfamily.

(Mongolian Gerbil, NCI Thesaurus)