meri on (meri on)

[= F. mérione, Zapus hudson i us, formerly placed in the genus Meriones under the name of M. hudsonicus. See cut under deer - mouse , 1. Meriones (me-ri'ō-nez), n. [NL., so called with ref. to the development of the hind legs (cf. Gr. Μηριόνης, a man's name, companion of Idomeneus), name has been applied: (a) By Illiger, 1811, to the Old World jerboas: a synonym of Dipus. (b) By Fréd. Cuvier, 1825, to a different genus of American jumping-mice, now called Zapus. [Disused in both senses.] meris (mē'ris), n.; pl. merides (-ri-dēz). [NL., Merism a tic cells, remaining without function sometimes for several years, until the sap-wood containing them be comes dry or heart wood, when they begin their activity. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 680.