Akademik

Zapus

noun

type genus of the Zapodidae

• Syn: ↑genus Zapus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Zapodidae, ↑family Zapodidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑meadow jumping mouse, ↑Zapus hudsonius

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\\ˈzāpəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Zapod-, Zapus, from za-, intensive prefix + -pod-, -pus -pus — more at zaglossus

: the type genus of Zapodidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.