Zapodidae

plural noun

Za·​pod·​i·​dae

zəˈpädəˌdē

: a widely distributed family of myomorph rodents that includes the jumping mice of North America and related Old World mice

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Zapod-, Zapus, type genus + -idae

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