jerboa

English Thesaurus

1. mouselike jumping rodent (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnawer, rodent,
definition	:	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	typical jerboa,
definition	:	small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	jaculus jaculus,
definition	:	a variety of jerboa (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dipodidae, family dipodidae,
definition	:	Old World jerboas (noun.animal)