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    GERBIL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leapingplay

    Synonyms:

    gerbil; gerbille

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("gerbil" is a kind of...):

    gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gerbil"):

    jird (gerbil of northern Africa)

    Meriones unguiculatus; tamarisk gerbil (a gerbil that is popular as a pet)

    Meriones longifrons; sand rat (southern European gerbil)

    Holonyms ("gerbil" is a member of...):

    Gerbillinae; subfamily Gerbillinae (gerbils)

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