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 | ||