family Heteromyidae

family Heteromyidae
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:

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