Associations to the word «Heteromyidae»

Wiktionary

HETEROMYIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Geomyoidea   — kangaroo rats and similar rodents.

Dictionary definition

HETEROMYIDAE, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats