Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of a number of species comprising the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.

    Wüstenspringmaus

    тушка́нчикtuškánčik

More definitions
  • mouselike jumping rodent

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom's favourite animal is a jerboa.

    Улюблена тварина Тома — тушканчик.

    ruЛюбимое животное Тома - тушканчик.

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  2. Tom's favorite animal is a jerboa.

    Улюблена тварина Тома — тушканчик.

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  3. The Great Jerboa is a species of rodent.

    Тушкан великий - вид гризунів.

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  4. They made a mistake, it's not Mexican jerboa, it's Shanghai leopard.

    Вас ошукали, це не мексиканський тушкан, це шанхайський барс.

    ruВас обманули, это не мексиканский тушкан, это шанхайский барс.

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  5. The jerboa is eating.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small rodent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small rodent:

Origin

From Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ). Doublet of gerbil.

From Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ). Doublet of gerbil.

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Forms

plural: jerboas
Singularjerboa
Pluraljerboas

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
rodent of family Dipodidae:dipodid

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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