MERIONES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meriones mean? 

• MERIONES (noun)
  The noun MERIONES has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Cricetidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERIONES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cricetidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Meriones; Meriones

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Meriones"):

jird (gerbil of northern Africa)

Meriones unguiculatus; tamarisk gerbil (a gerbil that is popular as a pet)

Meriones longifrons; sand rat (southern European gerbil)

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

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)

 Context examples 

A rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae, Meriones unguiculatus.

(Mongolian Gerbil, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae, Meriones unguiculatus is the most common species of the gerbil subfamily.

(Mongolian Gerbil, NCI Thesaurus)