Term: heteromyidae: 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
Candidate hypernym: mammal family: a family of mammals → 1
Candidate hypernym: mohair: fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat → 0
Candidate hypernym: radian: the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees) → 0
Candidate hypernym: respiration: the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs → 0
Candidate hypernym: big stick: a display of force or power → 0
Candidate hypernym: loon: a worthless lazy fellow → 0
Candidate hypernym: price control: restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation) → 0
Candidate hypernym: subspecies: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus coryphantha: mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria → 0
Candidate hypernym: seismograph: a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake) → 0
Candidate hypernym: nihilism: complete denial of all established authority and institutions → 0