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单词 kangaroo rat
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Definition of kangaroo rat in English:

kangaroo rat

noun
  • A seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico.

    Genus Dipodomys, family Heteromyidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her research on the banner-tailed kangaroo rat, a rodent that lives in the desert southwest of the United States, shows evidence of foot-drumming used to communicate territorial ownership.
    • The region eventually became the ground for bitter battles as species such as the coastal California gnatcatcher and the Stephens' kangaroo rat threatened to halt big-ticket development plans.
    • Because many desert rodents that footdrum, such as kangaroo rats, inhabit open habitats and tend to forage in areas with little cover, locomotion for escape is well developed.
    • Randall and Matocq showed that gopher snakes respond to footdrumming of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat.
    • The kangaroo rat has long hind legs on which it hops - a bit like its Australian namesake in miniature.
 
 

Definition of kangaroo rat in US English:

kangaroo rat

noun
  • A seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico.

    Genus Dipodomys, family Heteromyidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because many desert rodents that footdrum, such as kangaroo rats, inhabit open habitats and tend to forage in areas with little cover, locomotion for escape is well developed.
    • Randall and Matocq showed that gopher snakes respond to footdrumming of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat.
    • The region eventually became the ground for bitter battles as species such as the coastal California gnatcatcher and the Stephens' kangaroo rat threatened to halt big-ticket development plans.
    • The kangaroo rat has long hind legs on which it hops - a bit like its Australian namesake in miniature.
    • Her research on the banner-tailed kangaroo rat, a rodent that lives in the desert southwest of the United States, shows evidence of foot-drumming used to communicate territorial ownership.
 
 
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