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noun
- any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping.
noun
- any small nocturnal burrowing rodent of the family Dipodidae, inhabiting dry regions of Asia and N Africa, having pale sandy fur, large ears, and long hind legs specialized for jumping
small desert rodent, 1660s, Modern Latin, from Arabic jarbu “flesh of the loins,” also the name of a small jumping rodent of North Africa. Cf. gerbil.
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