family heteromyidae

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family heteromyidae - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]