DIPODOMYS
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
• DIPODOMYS (noun)
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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"Whom we love best, to them we can say the least." (English proverb)
"Take a big bite, but don't say a big word." (Bulgarian proverb)
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." (Arabic proverb)
"Better late than never." (Czech proverb)
| DIPODOMYS: related words searches | |
Page delivered in 0.0238 seconds
|
