Definition of Genus Dipus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot.

Exact synonyms: Dipus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dipodidae, Family Dipodidae
Member holonyms: Typical Jerboa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dipus

genus Dioon
genus Dioscorea
genus Diospyros
genus Diphylla
genus Dipladenia
genus Diplococcus
genus Diplodocus
genus Diplopterygium
genus Diplotaxis
genus Dipodomys
genus Dipogon
genus Dipsacus
genus Dipsosaurus
genus Dipteronia
genus Dipteryx
genus Dipus (current term)
genus Dirca
genus Disa
genus Discina
genus Dodonaea
genus Dolichonyx
genus Dolichos
genus Dolichotis
genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya
genus Doodia
genus Doronicum
genus Dorotheanthus
genus Doryopteris
genus Dovyalis

Literary usage of Genus Dipus

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Of the third genus (Dipus) there are twenty known species, a typical example of which is the Egyptian jerboa (Dipus ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The species included in the genus Dipus had been formed by M. Lichtenstein into three divisions, which are distinguished by the absence and number of ..."

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