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Word: Jerboa
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Arabic yarbū‘
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʒəːˈbəʊə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒəːbəʊə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a desert-dwelling rodent with very long hind legs that enable it to walk upright and perform long jumps, found from North Africa to central Asia.
Short Definition:desert-dwelling rodent with very long hind legs
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