JIRD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Gerbil of northern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jird" is a kind of...):

gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)

Holonyms ("jird" is a member of...):

genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)

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