|  gerbille 
 
 small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
 • Syn:
 gerbil
 • Hypernyms:
 rodent, gnawer
 • Hyponyms:
 jird, tamarisk gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, sand rat, Meriones longifrons
 • Member Holonyms:
 Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae
 
 
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