PEDETES


Meaning of PEDETES in English

pə̇ˈdēd.(ˌ)ēz noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pēdētēs leaper, from pēdan to leap — more at pedesis

: a genus (the type and sole recent representative of the family Pedetidae) of rodents that consists of the jumping hare

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