noun
1. small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
• Syn: ↑dwarf pocket rat
• Hypernyms: ↑pocket rat
• Member Holonyms: ↑Microdipodops, ↑genus Microdipodops
2. leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
• Hypernyms: ↑jerboa rat
• Member Holonyms: ↑Notomys, ↑genus Notomys
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noun : any of various small leaping rodents (as dwarf pocket rat, jumping mouse, or pocket mouse)
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kangaroo mouse noun
A small hopping rodent (genus Microdipodops), similar to, but smaller than, the kangaroo rat
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Main Entry: ↑kangaroo
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kangaroo mouse,
any one of a group of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the western deserts of the United States, similar to the kangaroo rat but smaller.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.