jerboan.

Brit.

/dʒəːˈbəʊə/,

/dʒəˈbəʊə/,

/ˈdʒəːbəʊə/, U.S.

/dʒərˈboʊə/

Forms: 1600s jerbuah, 1700s gerbo, gerbua, yerbua, jeribo, 1700s– jerboa.

Etymology: < modern Latin jerbōa, < Arabic yarbūʿ, in Barbary yerbōʿ, the flesh of the loins, also the animal; whence French gerbo, gerboise, Spanish gerbasia.

A small rodent quadruped, Dipus sagitta, found in the deserts of Africa; it is of the size of a rat, has very long hind legs and short fore legs, and a long tufted tail, and is remarkable for its powers of jumping. Hence, any Jumping-mouse of the genus Dipus, or of the family Dipodidæ, representatives of which are found in various arid regions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Dipodidae (jerboa)

jerboa1662

Dipus1799

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vii. 415 We saw also, neer Terki, a kind of Field-mice, which in the Arabian Language are called Jerbuah.

1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant lxxviii. 287 I was presented with a small Animal called Gerbo, which was brought for a rarity from Barbary.

1752 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 182 Mr. Conway has brought lady Ailesbury..a Jeribo..a composition of a squirrel, a hare, a rat, and a monkey, which altogether looks very like a bird.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 349 The gerbua, though properly speaking, furnished with but two [legs], is one of the swiftest creatures in the world.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 457 The Jerboas seem, in many respects, both of conformation and habit, much allied to the Kanguroos.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 145 A jerboa sprang up from a tuft of bushes at his feet.

Compounds

jerboa-mouse n. a North American rodent of the genus Dipodomys, one of the pouched-mice or kangaroo-rats of the South-western U.S. and Mexico.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jerboa
释义	jerboan. Brit. /dʒəːˈbəʊə/, /dʒəˈbəʊə/, /ˈdʒəːbəʊə/, U.S. /dʒərˈboʊə/ Forms: 1600s jerbuah, 1700s gerbo, gerbua, yerbua, jeribo, 1700s– jerboa. Etymology: < modern Latin jerbōa, < Arabic yarbūʿ, in Barbary yerbōʿ, the flesh of the loins, also the animal; whence French gerbo, gerboise, Spanish gerbasia. A small rodent quadruped, Dipus sagitta, found in the deserts of Africa; it is of the size of a rat, has very long hind legs and short fore legs, and a long tufted tail, and is remarkable for its powers of jumping. Hence, any Jumping-mouse of the genus Dipus, or of the family Dipodidæ, representatives of which are found in various arid regions. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Dipodidae (jerboa) jerboa1662 Dipus1799 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vii. 415 We saw also, neer Terki, a kind of Field-mice, which in the Arabian Language are called Jerbuah. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant lxxviii. 287 I was presented with a small Animal called Gerbo, which was brought for a rarity from Barbary. 1752 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 182 Mr. Conway has brought lady Ailesbury..a Jeribo..a composition of a squirrel, a hare, a rat, and a monkey, which altogether looks very like a bird. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 349 The gerbua, though properly speaking, furnished with but two [legs], is one of the swiftest creatures in the world. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 457 The Jerboas seem, in many respects, both of conformation and habit, much allied to the Kanguroos. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 145 A jerboa sprang up from a tuft of bushes at his feet. Compounds jerboa-mouse n. a North American rodent of the genus Dipodomys, one of the pouched-mice or kangaroo-rats of the South-western U.S. and Mexico. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662
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