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Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
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gerbille
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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 ...
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 ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (dated form of gerbil English)