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: ↑family 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
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmīəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of New World rodents having fur-lined external cheek pouches, large eyes, well developed ears, elongated hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping and balancing, and the ability to live on dry food and depending on metabolic water to survive under extreme desert conditions — see pocket mouse
Useful english dictionary. 2012.