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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of saltatorial myomorphic rodents.
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- noun a genus of Cricetidae
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_Papilio meriones_, occurs, of which both sexes are very similar in form and markings to the non-mimetic male of _P. dardanus_, so that it probably represents the ancestor of this latter species.
Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880
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