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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

family Heteromyidae n 1: 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 [syn: Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae]