gerbil 
small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping • Syn: gerbille • Hypernyms: rodent, gnawer • Hyponyms: jird, tamarisk gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, sand rat, Meriones longifrons • Member Holonyms: Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae
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