gerbille


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Noun1.gerbille - small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leapinggerbille - small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
jird - gerbil of northern Africa
Meriones unguiculatus, tamarisk gerbil - a gerbil that is popular as a pet
Meriones longifrons, sand rat - southern European gerbil
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Two hundred and eight specimens of Indian gerbille were captured from the fields and farmhouses of the croplands of the Central Punjab.
It was also observed that the seasons influenced the body weight of the gerbille at a statistically significant level (P < 0.01).
AND AJMAL, M., 1977.Reproduction in the Indian gerbille Tatera indica (Hardwicke).