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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024xe•rus (zēr′əs),USA pronunciation n. - Zoology, Mammalsan African ground squirrel of the genus Xerus, having spiny fur, very short ears, and a long tail, and including the species X. rutilus of northeastern Africa and X. erythropus of western and central Africa.
- Greek xērós dry, perh. in reference to its rough fur
- Neo-Latin (1833), apparently
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