DESERT RAT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does desert rat mean? 

• DESERT RAT (noun)
  The noun DESERT RAT has 1 sense:

1. any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae

  Familiarity information: DESERT RAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESERT RAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

desert rat; Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat

Hypernyms ("desert rat" is a kind of...):

pocket rat (any of various rodents with cheek pouches)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desert rat"):

Dipodomys ordi; Ord kangaroo rat (most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States)

Holonyms ("desert rat" is a member of...):

Dipodomys; genus Dipodomys (kangaroo rats)