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Conilurus

noun

jerboa rats

• Syn: ↑genus Conilurus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Muridae, ↑family Muridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑jerboa rat

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\\ˌkän^əlˈ(y)u̇rəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from conil- (from konilos, erroneous reading of Greek koniklos rabbit, from Latin cuniculus) + -urus — more at coney

: a genus of rodents consisting of the Australian jerboa rats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.