Definition of Dipodidae

1. Noun. Old World jerboas.

Exact synonyms: Family Dipodidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Myomorpha, Suborder Myomorpha
Member holonyms: Dipus, Genus Dipus, Jerboa, Genus Jaculus, Jaculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipodidae

Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium linguloides
Diphyllobothrium mansoni
Diphyllobothrium mansonoides
Dipladenia
Dipladenia boliviensis
Diplazium pycnocarpon
Diplococcus pneumoniae
Diplogonoporus
Diplopterygium
Diplopterygium longissimum
Diplotaxis
Diplotaxis erucoides
Diplotaxis muralis
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Dipodidae (current term)
Dipodomys ordi
Dipodomys phillipsii
Dipogon
Dipogon lignosus
Dipper
Dippers
Dipsacaceae
Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus sativus
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Diptera

Literary usage of Dipodidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Its feet are short and of equal length; it climbs in trees, and may perhaps be looked upon as nearest of all Dipodidae to the ancestral form of the group. ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1894)
"The adductor minimi digiti (the outer of the two ) is attached to the inner sesamoid bone of the little toe. two muscles are wanting in the Dipodidae and ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... and Dipodidae, and concluded that the small development of the mastoid in some of the modern forms is due to degradation. Palmer in his Catalogue of the ..."

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