MYOMORPHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myomorpha mean? 

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

1. true rats and mice and related rodents

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOMORPHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

True rats and mice and related rodents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Myomorpha"):

Muroidea; superfamily Muroidea (a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded)

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

family Zapodidae; Zapodidae (jumping mice)

Dipodidae; family Dipodidae (Old World jerboas)

family Gliridae; Gliridae (dormice and other Old World forms)

family Spalacidae; Spalacidae (mole rats)

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

order Rodentia; Rodentia (small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis)