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ZAPODIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zapodidae mean?
• ZAPODIDAE (noun)
The noun ZAPODIDAE has 1 sense:
1. jumping mice
Familiarity information: ZAPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jumping mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Zapodidae; Zapodidae
Hypernyms ("Zapodidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Zapodidae"):
jumping mouse (any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America)
genus Zapus; Zapus (type genus of the Zapodidae)
Holonyms ("Zapodidae" is a member of...):
Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)
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