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
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: mohair: fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: 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)
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: 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
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: big stick: a display of force or power
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: loon: a worthless lazy fellow
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: price control: restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: subspecies: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: genus coryphantha: mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: seismograph: a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
Broader: mammal family: a family of mammals | Unrelated: nihilism: complete denial of all established authority and institutions