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jerboa

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

jer=bo=a

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jerboa has 1 sense

jerboa(n = noun.animal) - mouselike jumping rodent;

is a kind of

gnawer

rodent

is a member of dipodidae, family dipodidae

has particulars: typical jerboa, jaculus jaculus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jerboa, n. [Ar. yarb.].

Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. Dipus Ægyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. [1913 Webster]
" The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good Hope." [1913 Webster]

Jerboa kangaroo (Zoöl.), small Australian kangaroo (Bettongia penicillata), about the size of a common hare.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

jerboa, n. any small desert rodent of the family Dipodidae with long hind legs and the ability to make large jumps.

Etymology

mod.L f. Arab. yarbu' flesh of loins, jerboa

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ROGET THESAURUS

jerboa

Leap
N leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.