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DIPODOMYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipodomys mean?
• DIPODOMYS (noun)
The noun DIPODOMYS has 1 sense:
1. kangaroo rats
Familiarity information: DIPODOMYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kangaroo rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dipodomys; genus Dipodomys
Hypernyms ("Dipodomys" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Dipodomys"):
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)
Holonyms ("Dipodomys" is a member of...):
family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (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)
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