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jerboa

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. jerboa (noun)
  2. jerboa kangaroo (noun)
  3. jerboa mouse (noun)
  4. jerboa pouched mouse (noun)
  5. jerboa rat (noun)
  6. five-toed jerboa (noun)
  7. kangaroo jerboa (noun)
  8. long-eared jerboa (noun)

jer·boa

noun \jər-ˈbō-ə, jer-\

Definition of JERBOA

: any of several social nocturnal jumping rodents (family Dipodidae) of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa having a long tail and long hind legs
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Origin of JERBOA

New Latin, from Arabic yarbūʽ
First Known Use: 1662

Rhymes with JERBOA

balboa, Balboa, feijoa, Samoa

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