jerboa
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jerboa
1655–65; < New Latin < Arabic yarbūʿ; see gerbil
Example Sentences
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The detonation of the plutonium-filled bomb - known as Blue Jerboa - and the subsequent 16 explosions of nuclear weapons in Algeria were seen as a display of French strength and development.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2021
The report details the atomic test known as Green Jerboa, the last of four French above-ground nuclear tests performed in the Algerian desert.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2010
The Jerboa or jumping rodents of Mongolia were reported last week to have become carriers of the Black Plague and to be spreading it with appalling mortality among dwellers on the steppes near Irkutsk.
From Time Magazine Archive
A most unusual family of skilled house-builders are the brush-tailed rat-kangaroos, or Jerboa kangaroos of Australia and Tasmania.
From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal
It bears no sort of resemblance to any European animal I ever saw; it is said to bear much resemblance to the Jerboa, excepting in size, the Jerboa being no larger than a common rat.
From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James
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