Akademik

family Heteromyidae

noun

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

• Syn: ↑Heteromyidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuromorpha, ↑suborder Sciuromorpha

• Member Meronyms:

↑pocket mouse, ↑Perognathus, ↑genus Perognathus, ↑Liomys, ↑genus Liomys, ↑Dipodomys, ↑genus Dipodomys, ↑Microdipodops, ↑genus Microdipodops

Useful english dictionary. 2012.