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SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Myomorpha mean?
• SUBORDER MYOMORPHA (noun)
The noun SUBORDER MYOMORPHA has 1 sense:
1. true rats and mice and related rodents
Familiarity information: SUBORDER MYOMORPHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
True rats and mice and related rodents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha
Hypernyms ("suborder Myomorpha" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder Myomorpha"):
Muroidea; superfamily Muroidea (a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded)
Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)
family Zapodidae; Zapodidae (jumping mice)
Dipodidae; family Dipodidae (Old World jerboas)
family Gliridae; Gliridae (dormice and other Old World forms)
family Spalacidae; Spalacidae (mole rats)
Holonyms ("suborder Myomorpha" is a member of...):
order Rodentia; Rodentia (small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis)
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