Definition of Conilurus

1. Noun. Jerboa rats.

Exact synonyms: Genus Conilurus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Muridae, Muridae
Member holonyms: Jerboa Rat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conilurus

Congregationalist
Congregationalists
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress of Racial Equality
Congressional Medal of Honor
Congressional Record
Congrevean
Congrevian
Congridae
Conidiobolus
Coniferales
Coniferophyta
Coniferophytina
Coniferopsida
Conilurus
Coniogramme
Coniogramme japonica
Conium maculatum
Conleth
Conley
Conlon
Conn's syndrome
Conn.
Connacht
Connacht Irish
Connaraceae
Connarus
Connarus guianensis
Connecticut

Literary usage of Conilurus

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1897)
"Hitherto this species has been included in conilurus, Ogil., ... How many more of the species now ranked under conilurus will be required to follow C. ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"True Rodents are represented in Australia and Tasmania by six genera ; viz., Mus, conilurus ... conilurus contains the Jerboa Rats (qv). ..."

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