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jerboa(dictionary)

jerboa (iou)



jerboa noun. M17.
[mod. Latin jerboa, gerboa from Arab. yarbu(a), dial. jarbu.]
Any of various small chiefly nocturnal rodents of the family Dipodidae, of arid regions in Africa and Eurasia, which have very long hind legs and short forelegs, a long tufted tail, and great powers of jumping.
Comb.: jerboa kangaroo = BETTONG; jerboa-mouse an American kangaroo-rat; jerboa-rat Austral. any of various jumping rodents of the Australian genera Notomys and Conilurus.