Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An American rodent mammal of the family Sacco-myidœ and genus Perognathus; a pocket-mouse. The kangaroo-mice are closely related to the species of Dipodomys (see
kangaroo-rat , 2), but are smaller. They inhabit the same parts of the United States.
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Examples
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The kangaroo-rat and kangaroo-mouse, the opossum-mouse, the flying opossum, and some other odd little creatures, inhabit Tasmania.
Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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And he showed us in the dust the track of a lizard, a kangaroo-mouse, and a horned toad.
A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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