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DIPODOMYS PHILLIPSII
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipodomys phillipsii mean?
• DIPODOMYS PHILLIPSII (noun)
The noun DIPODOMYS PHILLIPSII has 1 sense:
1. any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
Familiarity information: DIPODOMYS PHILLIPSII used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
desert rat; Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat
Hypernyms ("Dipodomys phillipsii" is a kind of...):
pocket rat (any of various rodents with cheek pouches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Dipodomys phillipsii"):
Dipodomys ordi; Ord kangaroo rat (most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States)
Holonyms ("Dipodomys phillipsii" is a member of...):
Dipodomys; genus Dipodomys (kangaroo rats)
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