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jerboa /dʒəːˈbəʊə / /ˈdʒəːbəʊə /nounA 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.
OriginMid 17th century: modern Latin, from Arabic yarbū‘. Rhymesanoa, 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 |