gerbil meaning

• Noun: gerbil  jurbil
  1. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
     - gerbille

  Derived forms: gerbils

  Type of: gnawer, rodent

  Part of: Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae

  Encyclopedia: Gerbil

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  [Medicine]
  A subfamily of the Muridae consisting of several genera including Gerbillus,Rhombomys,Tatera,Meriones,and Psammomys.also ger·bille n : any of numerous Old World burrowing desert rodents (Gerbillus and related genera) with long hind legs adapted for leaping
  

• mongolian gerbil:    [Medicine]n : a ge ...
• tamarisk gerbil:    Noun: tamarisk ger ...

Examples

1. you know, like a dog or a budgie or a gerbil or something
2. that sounds like something you name a gerbil
3. the effects of short photoperiod on thermogenesis in mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus
4. astroglial responses in hippocampal ca1 region and effects of moderat e hypothermia after transient forebrain ischemia in gerbils
5. effects of breviscapine parenteral solution on energy metabolism and cerebral edema after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in gerbils