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单词 jerboa
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Definition of jerboa in English:

jerboa

noun 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:

jerboa

noundʒərˈboʊəjərˈbōə
  • 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‘.

 
 
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