Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]