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    DIPODOMYS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Kangaroo ratsplay

    Synonyms:

    Dipodomys; genus Dipodomys

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Dipodomys" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "Dipodomys"):

    desert rat; Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat (any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae)

    Holonyms ("Dipodomys" is a member of...):

    family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (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)

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