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Definition of jerboa in English: jerboanoun dʒəːˈbəʊəˈdʒəːbəʊədʒərˈboʊə A desert-dwelling rodent with very long hind legs that enable it to walk upright and perform long jumps, found from North Africa to central Asia. Family Dipodidae: several genera and species Example sentencesExamples - The closest thing I came across was this page - there's a link to a Canadian email address/site with a female jerboa for sale.
- The family Dipodidae includes the birch mice, jumping mice, and jerboas, a total of around 51 species in 15 genera.
- In early 1940 the division took as its emblem the jerboa or desert rat.
- Macalister says that the muscle is especially developed in leaping animals such as the kangaroo, jerboa, macrocelides.
Origin Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Arabic yarbū‘. Rhymes anoa, Balboa, blower, boa, foregoer, goer, grower, hoer, knower, Krakatoa, Lebowa, lower, moa, mower, Mururoa, Noah, o'er, proa, protozoa, rower, Samoa, sewer, Shenandoah, shower, sower, spermatozoa, Stour, thrower, tower Definition of jerboa in US English: jerboanoundʒərˈboʊəjərˈbōə A desert-dwelling rodent with very long hind legs that enable it to walk upright and perform long jumps, found from North Africa to central Asia. Family Dipodidae: several genera and species, including the rough-legged (or northern three-toed) jerboa (Dipus sagitta) Example sentencesExamples - The closest thing I came across was this page - there's a link to a Canadian email address/site with a female jerboa for sale.
- Macalister says that the muscle is especially developed in leaping animals such as the kangaroo, jerboa, macrocelides.
- The family Dipodidae includes the birch mice, jumping mice, and jerboas, a total of around 51 species in 15 genera.
- In early 1940 the division took as its emblem the jerboa or desert rat.
Origin Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Arabic yarbū‘. |