kangaroo mouse
kangaroo mouse · kangaroo mice
Any rodent in the genus Microdipodops, native to the deserts of the South-western…Any rodent in the genus Microdipodops, native to the deserts of the South-western United States.
» The kangaroo mouse lives in the Nevada desert.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAny rodent in the genus Microdipodops, native to the deserts of the South-western United States.
More definitions
- leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
- small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
Examples
1 sentencesThe kangaroo mouse lives in the Nevada desert.
Forms
plural: kangaroo mice| Singular | kangaroo mouse |
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| Plural | kangaroo mice |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats:dwarf pocket rat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.