MICRODIPODOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Microdipodops mean? 

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

1. kangaroo mice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICRODIPODOPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kangaroo mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Microdipodops; Microdipodops

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Microdipodops"):

dwarf pocket rat; kangaroo mouse (small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats)

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

family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)