FAMILY DIPODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dipodidae mean? 

• FAMILY DIPODIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY DIPODIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World jerboas

  Familiarity information: FAMILY DIPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DIPODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World jerboas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dipodidae; family Dipodidae

Hypernyms ("family Dipodidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Dipodidae" is a member of...):

Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)