English noun: gerbille | |||
1. | gerbille (animal) small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | ||
Synonyms | gerbil | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gnawer, rodent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | jird, Meriones longifrons, Meriones unguiculatus, sand rat, tamarisk gerbil | ||
Member meronym | Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae | ||