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MERIONES LONGIFRONS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Meriones longifrons mean?
• MERIONES LONGIFRONS (noun)
The noun MERIONES LONGIFRONS has 1 sense:
1. southern European gerbil
Familiarity information: MERIONES LONGIFRONS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southern European gerbil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Meriones longifrons; sand rat
Hypernyms ("Meriones longifrons" is a kind of...):
gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)
Holonyms ("Meriones longifrons" is a member of...):
genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)
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