[とびねずみ;トビネズミ, tobinezumi ; tobinezumi] (n) (uk) jerboa (any rodent of family Dipodidae) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jerboa \Jer*bo"a\, n. [Ar. yarb[=u]`.] (Zool.)
Any small jumping rodent of the genus {Dipus}, esp. {Dipus
Aegyptius}, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent
countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long
tail. [Written also {gerboa}.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is also applied to other small jumping
rodents, as the {Pedetes Caffer}, of the Cape of Good
Hope.
[1913 Webster]
{Jerboa kangaroo} (Zool.), small Australian kangaroo
({Bettongia penicillata}), about the size of a common
hare.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jerboa
n 1: mouselike jumping rodent
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