Definition of Dipus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dipus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dipodidae, Family Dipodidae
Member holonyms: Typical Jerboa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipus

Dipper
Dippers
Dipsacaceae
Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus sativus
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Diptera
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipteronia
Dipteryx
Dipteryx odorata
Dipu
Dipus (current term)
Dipus sagitta
Dipylidium caninum
Dipylon
Dipylon gate
Dirac
Dirac constant
Dirac delta function
Dirac equation
Dirac fermion
Dirac fermions
Dirca
Dirca palustris
DirectX
Directoire

Literary usage of Dipus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Dipus blanfordi, Murray Ann. Mag. NH (5), xiv, p. 98 (1884). The specimen below was identified with considerable doubt by Blanford with Dipus ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(2) Dipus, Gm. The Jerboas(S) have nearly the same kind of teeth as the true Rats, except that there is sometimes a very small one immediately before the ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"... [THE JERBOA (Dipus sagitta, Zimm.).] The Jumping Mouse. The stomach is globular, with the thick end very obtuse, small and short. ..."

4. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS Dipus—THE JERBOAS. Hind feet with three digits; tail cylindrical and tufted; incisors grooved; premolars absent, or, if found, then in the upper jaw ..."

5. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Presented by the late H. Cline, Sen., Esq., 1824. Genus Dipus. ... Dipus Sagitta—Zimm: (Mus Sagitta—Pallas. Mus Jaculus—Lin : Daman—Shaws Travels in Barbary ..."

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