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jerboa

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6 lettersPronunciation /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/Part of speech nounSorted abejorStarts with JEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. mouselike jumping rodent

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • The Arabs, who are forbidden all other kinds of mice, esteem these the greatest delicacies: as those people often are disappointed in digging after them, they have this proverb, "To buy a hole instead of a jerboa."

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