Meriones
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Meriones may refer to:
- Meriones (mythology)Meriones (mythology)In Greek mythology, Meriones was a son of Molus and Melphis. Molus was a half-brother of Idomeneus. Like other heroes of mythology, Meriones was said to be a descendant of gods. As a grandson of Deucalion , Meriones's ancestors include Zeus, Europa, Helios, and Circe. Meriones possessed the...
, a hero of the Trojan War. - Meriones (genus)Meriones (genus)Meriones is a rodent genus that includes the gerbil most commonly kept as a pet, Meriones unguiculatus. The genus contains most animals referred to as jirds, but members of the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys are also known as jirds. The distribution of Meriones ranges...
, a genus of gerbil that includes the species most commonly kept as a pet. - Meriones (subgenus) a subgenus of the genus Meriones that contains a single species, the Tamarisk Jird.
- 3596 Meriones3596 Meriones3596 Meriones is an asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen. It is named after Meriones, the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system and is therefore considered to be part of the "Greek camp".-External links and...
, a Trojan asteroid.