1. any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae; [syn: kangaroo rat, desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dipodomys phillipsii
n 1: any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North
America and Mexico; largest members of the family
Heteromyidae [syn: kangaroo rat, desert rat, Dipodomys
phillipsii]