jerboa (Dipodidae)

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• Dipodidae — Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

• jerboa — [jər bō′ə] n. [Ar yarbūʼ] any of a family (Dipodidae) of small, nocturnal, leaping rodents of N Africa and Asia, with very long hind legs …   English World dictionary

• Jerboa — Taxobox name = Jerboa fossil range = Middle Miocene Recent image width = 200px image caption = Jaculus jaculus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Dipodoidea familia = Dipodidae familia authority …   Wikipedia

• Dipodidae — noun Old World jerboas • Syn: ↑family Dipodidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Myomorpha, ↑suborder Myomorpha • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• jerboa — /jeuhr boh euh, jer /, n. any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping. [1655 65; < NL < Ar yarbu ; see GERBIL] * * * ▪ rodent Introduction       any of 33… …   Universalium

• jerboa — /dʒɜˈboʊə / (say jer bohuh) noun 1. a small carnivorous marsupial Antechinomys laniger, which inhabits the central desert of Australia and resembles the jerboa (def. 2), although it does not hop; kultarr. 2. any of various mouse like rodents of… …  

• jerboa — n. any small desert rodent of the family Dipodidae with long hind legs and the ability to make large jumps. Etymology: mod.L f. Arab. yarbu flesh of loins, jerboa …   Useful english dictionary

• jerboa — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic yarbū‘ Date: 1662 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jerboa — noun A small, mouse like, jumping rodent (family Dipodidae) resembling a miniature kangaroo, having a long tufted tail, very small fore feet, but very long hind legs, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa …   Wiktionary

• jerboa — [dʒə: bəʊə, dʒə:bəʊə] noun a desert dwelling rodent with very long hind legs that enable it to perform jump long distances, found from North Africa to central Asia. [Family Dipodidae: several species.] Origin C17: mod. L., from Arab. yarbū‘ …   English new terms dictionary

• jerboa — jer•bo•a [[t]dʒərˈboʊ ə, dʒɛr [/t]] n. pl. bo•as mam any small leaping rodent of the family Dipodidae, of N Africa and Asia, with a long tail and long hind legs • Etymology: 1655–65; < NL < Ar yarbū‘; cf. gerbil …   From formal English to slang