1) Desert jumper 2) Gnawer 3) Gnawing animal 4) Hopping desert rodent 5) Jumping rodent 6) Leaping desert rodent 7) Leaping rodent 8) Mouselike jumping rodent 9) Rodent
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The jerboa (from جربوع jarbūʻ ) forms the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae. Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to be found in hot deserts. When chased, jerboas can run at up to 24 kilometres per hour. Some species are prey for Little Owls...
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nocturnal desert-dwelling jumping rodent
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• (n.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.
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any of 33 species of long-tailed leaping rodents well adapted to the deserts and steppes of eastern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. Jerboas are ... [2 related articles]
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<zoology> Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, especially. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. ... Alternative forms: gerboa. ... The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good Hope. ... <zoology...
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Jer·bo'a noun [ Arabic
yarb...' .]
(Zoology) Any small jumping rodent of the genus
Dipus ,
esp .
D. Ægyptius , which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. [ Written also
gerboa .] » The na...
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The Jerboas are any of ten genera and 25 species of jumping rodents of the family Dipodidae, found primarily in the arid regions of Africa and Central Asia. Jerboas have short front legs and are about 15 centimetres long from head to rump. With their long hind limbs-about ten centimetres -they can cover up to 2.7 meters in a single leap, using thei...
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[
n] - mouselike jumping rodent
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noun mouselike jumping rodent
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Any of a group of small nocturnal rodents with long and powerful hind legs developed for leaping. There are about 25 species of jerboa, native to desert areas of North Africa and Southwest Asia. (Family Dipodidae.) The common North African jerboa (
Jaculus orientalis) is a typical species. Its body is about 15 cm/6 in long and...
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