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ORD KANGAROO RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ord kangaroo rat mean?
• ORD KANGAROO RAT (noun)
The noun ORD KANGAROO RAT has 1 sense:
1. most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
Familiarity information: ORD KANGAROO RAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dipodomys ordi; Ord kangaroo rat
Hypernyms ("Ord kangaroo rat" is a kind of...):
desert rat; Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat (any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae)
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