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Burrowing rodent
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gerbil
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Word definitions for gerbil in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus (taxlink Gerbillus genus noshow=1). In their leaping powers they resemble the jerbo They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. v 1 To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia . Once known simply as " desert rats ", the gerbil subfamily includes about 110 species of African , Indian , and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds , all of which are adapted to arid habitats. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1849, from French gerbille , from Modern Latin Gerbillus , the genus name, from gerbo , from Arabic yarbu . Earlier English form, jarbuah (1660s), was directly from Arabic.
Usage examples of gerbil.
Geno reached over and gave Gerbil a swat on the back, but the gnome did not visibly react.
Kelsey and Gerbil to Gondabuggan, the valiant steed that had nearly given its life for the exhaustion.
An improbable sign in the window of My Pet caught his eye: come on in and join our gerbil riot!
Curt ignores him and pulls the plastic gerbil condo out of the car, waggling it gently back and forth to get it past the big steering wheel.
The camera makes a herky-jerky pan away from her, traveling along the empty corridor to the empty gerbil gym at the far end.
For just a moment he made me think of Roslyn the gerbil turning to look into the lens of the video camera, eyes bright and whiskers twitching.
Leaving the door an inch open he returned to the gerbil which regarded him with sleepy nonchalance but, at the moment he crouched to pick it up, darted away from his hand.
The gerbil appeared in a hurry, thrusting its nose from the crevice between the seat and the back of the sofa.
John the gerbil, free from his hideaway, ran across the sofa down to the floor and swerved between their legs.
The gerbil, sensing the shifting season, scrambled from the guts of the sofa to the floor where he squatted preening himself as though expecting a guest.
Her fake fur had become a bed for the gerbil, out on the balcony of the side window.
She smirked but uncertainly, holding the gerbil in front of her like a protection.
Korky sat subdued on the sofa, stroking the gerbil who still regarded Savage with caution and visibly cringed at his raised voice.
The gerbil was installed in a hutch on the tight balcony of the side window which faced east and received the sun until almost afternoon.
The gerbil, sensing an involvement in the excitement, sniffed around her feet.