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GENUS MERIONES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Cricetidae
Synonyms:
genus Meriones; Meriones
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Meriones" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Meriones"):
jird (gerbil of northern Africa)
Meriones unguiculatus; tamarisk gerbil (a gerbil that is popular as a pet)
Meriones longifrons; sand rat (southern European gerbil)
Holonyms ("genus Meriones" is a member of...):
Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)
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