- jumping mouse
- noun Date: 1826 any of several small hibernating North American rodents (family Zapodidae) with long hind legs and tail and no cheek pouches
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Jumping mouse — Jumping Jump ing, p. a. & vb. n. of {Jump}, to leap. [1913 Webster] {Jumping bean}, a seed of a Mexican {Euphorbia}, containing the larva of a moth ({Carpocapsa saltitans}). The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jumping mouse — ☆ jumping mouse n. any of various small North American and Asiatic rodents (family Zapodidae) with large hind legs and a long tail … English World dictionary
jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America. [1820 30] * * * ▪ rodent any of five species of small leaping rodents (rodent) found in North … Universalium
jumping mouse — noun any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America • Hypernyms: ↑rodent, ↑gnawer • Hyponyms: ↑meadow jumping mouse, ↑Zapus hudsonius • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
jumping mouse — jump′ing mouse n. zool. mam any mouselike rodent of the subfamily Zapodinae, having hind legs modified for jumping • Etymology: 1820–30 … From formal English to slang
Meadow jumping mouse — Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent … Wikipedia
Woodland jumping mouse — Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent Conservation status … Wikipedia
Chinese Jumping Mouse — Temporal range: Late Miocene Recent Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] … Wikipedia
New Guinean Jumping Mouse — Temporal range: Recent Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Preble's meadow jumping mouse — Taxobox name = Preble s meadow jumping mouse image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Dipodidae subfamilia = Zapodinae genus = Zapus species = Zapus hudsonius subspecies = Z. h. preblei… … Wikipedia
