Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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family Heteromyidae | Yes | No | No | No |
genus Perognathus | Yes | No | No | No |
family Heteromyidae (noun) | genus Perognathus (noun) |
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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 | pocket mice, containing the white-eared pocket mouse, Arizona pocket mouse, olive-backed pocket mouse, plains pocket mouse, silky pocket mouse, San Joaquin pocket mouse, little pocket mouse, Merriam's pocket mouse, and Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus) |