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Answer for the clue "Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping ", 8 letters:
gerbille

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (dated form of gerbil English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping [syn: gerbil ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gerbil \Ger"bil\ (j[~e]r"b[i^]l), Gerbille \Ger`bille"\ (zh[asl]r`b[-e]l"), n. [F. gerbille. Cf. Jerboa .] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine burrowing rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and related genera of the subfamily Gerbillinae ...