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DIPODIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipodidae mean?
• DIPODIDAE (noun)
The noun DIPODIDAE has 1 sense:
1. Old World jerboas
Familiarity information: DIPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World jerboas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dipodidae; family Dipodidae
Hypernyms ("Dipodidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Dipodidae"):
Dipus; genus Dipus (type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot)
jerboa (mouselike jumping rodent)
genus Jaculus; Jaculus (jerboas)
Holonyms ("Dipodidae" is a member of...):
Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)
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