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Definition of Meriones
1. Noun. A genus of Cricetidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Jird, Meriones Unguiculatus, Tamarisk Gerbil, Meriones Longifrons, Sand Rat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meriones
Literary usage of Meriones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1898)
"He spake, and summoned to his side the sons Of glorious Nestor, and meriones,
And Meges, son of Phyleus, and with them MS Thoas, and Lycomedes, Creon's son, ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1856)
"Notice of the Species of meriones and Arvicola found in Nova Scotia. ... I.
Of the genus meriones (Illiger) there appear to be two species in Nova ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"Notice of the Species of meriones and Arvicola found in Nova Scotia. ... I.
Of the genus meriones (Illiger) there appear to be two species in Nova Scotia. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The meriones, Fred. Cuv. Which we separate from the other Gerbils, have the hind
feet still longer ; the tail nearly naked, and a very small tooth before ..."
5. Lectures on the Comparative Pathology of Inflammation by Elie Metchnikoff (1893)
"... inflammation—Phagocytic nature of tuberculous cells—Destruction of tubercle
bacilli by phagocytes—Power of resistance of meriones to tubercle—Leprosy. ..."
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