- family Zapodidae
- nounjumping mice• Syn: ↑Zapodidae• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family• Member Holonyms: ↑Myomorpha, ↑suborder Myomorpha• Member Meronyms: ↑jumping mouse, ↑Zapus, ↑genus Zapus
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family Zapodidae
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Zapodidae — noun jumping mice • Syn: ↑family Zapodidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Myomorpha, ↑suborder Myomorpha • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Zapus — noun type genus of the Zapodidae • Syn: ↑genus Zapus • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Zapodidae, ↑family Zapodidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Myomorpha — noun true rats and mice and related rodents • Syn: ↑suborder Myomorpha • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Rodentia, ↑order Rodentia • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
suborder Myomorpha — noun true rats and mice and related rodents • Syn: ↑Myomorpha • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Rodentia, ↑order Rodentia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Zapus — noun type genus of the Zapodidae • Syn: ↑Zapus • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Zapodidae, ↑family Zapodidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
jumping mouse — noun any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America • Hypernyms: ↑rodent, ↑gnawer • Hyponyms: ↑meadow jumping mouse, ↑Zapus hudsonius • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Woodland jumping mouse — Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent Conservation status … Wikipedia
jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America. [1820 30] * * * ▪ rodent any of five species of small leaping rodents (rodent) found in North … Universalium
jumping mouse — noun Date: 1826 any of several small hibernating North American rodents (family Zapodidae) with long hind legs and tail and no cheek pouches … New Collegiate Dictionary
