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Noun: gerbil  jur-bil
  1. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
    "The gerbil ran on its exercise wheel";
    - gerbille

Derived forms: gerbils

Type of: gnawer, rodent

Part of: Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae

Encyclopedia: Gerbil