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DIPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipus mean?
• DIPUS (noun)
The noun DIPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot
Familiarity information: DIPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dipus; genus Dipus
Hypernyms ("Dipus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Dipus"):
typical jerboa (small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa)
Holonyms ("Dipus" is a member of...):
Dipodidae; family Dipodidae (Old World jerboas)
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