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单词 jerboa
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jerboa

/dʒəːˈbəʊə / /ˈdʒəːbəʊə /
noun
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.
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‘.

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