| NOUN | animal | Meriones, genus Meriones | a genus of Cricetidae |
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| Meaning | A genus of Cricetidae. | |
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| Synonym | genus Meriones | |
| Member of | Cricetidae, family Cricetidae | Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters |
| Members | jird | gerbil of northern Africa |
| sand rat, Meriones longifrons | southern European gerbil | |
| tamarisk gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus | A gerbil that is popular as a pet | |
| Broader | mammal genus | A genus of mammals |
| Spanish | genus meriones, meriones | |
| Catalan | genus meriones, meriones | |
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