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:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.