Definition of Jerbaa
Jer*bo"a (?), n. [Ar. yarb&?;'.]
(Zoöl.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus
Dipus, esp. D. Ægyptius, which is common
in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind
legs and a long tail. [Written also gerboa.]
&fist; The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as
the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good Hope.
Jerboa kangaroo (Zoöl.), small
Australian kangaroo (Bettongia penicillata), about the size of
a common hare.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small jumping rodent resembling a mouse with a long tufted tail and very long hind legs, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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