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Meaning: Any of various rodents with cheek pouches Classified under: Nouns denoting animals Hypernyms ("pocket rat" is a kind of...): rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pocket rat"): pocket mouse (any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail) 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) dwarf pocket rat; kangaroo mouse (small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats) gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America) "Think before you speak." (English proverb) "Dog has to have its stomach full" (Azerbaijani proverb) "He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light." (Arabic proverb) "Honesty is the best policy." (Czech proverb) Useful links: Definition of Dipodomys phillipsii Pronunciation of kangaroo mouse Definition of pouched rat Pronunciation of pocket mouse Definition of gopher
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