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Meriones — may refer to: Meriones (mythology), a hero of the Trojan War. Meriones (genus), a genus of gerbil that includes the species most commonly kept as a pet. Meriones (subgenus) a subgenus of the genus Meriones that contains a single species, the… … Wikipedia
Meriones (genus) — For other uses, see Meriones (disambiguation). Meriones Temporal range: Early Pleistocene Recent Meriones unguiculatus Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Meriones — noun a genus of Cricetidae • Syn: ↑genus Meriones • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Meriones unguiculatus — Taxobox name = Meriones unguiculatus status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Muridae subfamilia = Gerbillinae genus = Meriones subgenus = Pallasiomys species = M.… … Wikipedia
Meriones longifrons — noun southern European gerbil • Syn: ↑sand rat • Hypernyms: ↑gerbil, ↑gerbille • Member Holonyms: ↑Meriones, ↑genus Meriones … Useful english dictionary
Meriones unguiculatus — noun a gerbil that is popular as a pet • Syn: ↑tamarisk gerbil • Hypernyms: ↑gerbil, ↑gerbille • Member Holonyms: ↑Meriones, ↑genus Meriones … Useful english dictionary
Meriones unguiculatus — Gerbil Ger bil (j[ e]r b[i^]l), Gerbille Ger bille (zh[asl]r b[ e]l ), n. [F. gerbille. Cf. {Jerboa}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine burrowing rodents, of the genus {Gerbillus} and related genera of the subfamily… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meriones — Mer·i·o·nes (mer e oґnēz) a genus of gerbil like rodents found in desert areas of Central Asia; several species are common reservoirs for Leishmania major, which causes cutaneous leishmaniasis … Medical dictionary
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of rodents — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
