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CONILURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Conilurus mean? 

CONILURUS (noun)
  The noun CONILURUS has 1 sense:

1. jerboa ratsplay

  Familiarity information: CONILURUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONILURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Jerboa rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Conilurus; genus Conilurus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Conilurus"):

jerboa rat (large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping)

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

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)


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