desert rat desert polish • desertress · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · desert rat · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae. Synonyms: kangaroo rat, desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · kangaroo rat · · Synonym 1 dipodomys phillipsii · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074