gerbil
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: Dyirbal
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Noun
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/PiedCream_Gerbil_2021.jpg/220px-PiedCream_Gerbil_2021.jpg)
gerbil (plural gerbils)
- A member of one of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling those of the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
Derived terms
[edit]- Anderson's gerbil
- black-tailed gerbil
- Boehm's gerbil
- Burton's gerbil
- bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
- Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis)
- Cheesman's gerbil
- dune hairy-footed gerbil
- Emin's gerbil
- fat-tailed gerbil
- Flower's gerbil
- fringe-tailed gerbil
- hairy-footed gerbil
- Harrington's gerbil
- Harwood's gerbil
- Hoogstraal's gerbil
- Indian gerbil
- James's gerbil
- Kemp's gerbil
- lesser short-tailed gerbil
- Mackilligin's gerbil (Dipodillus mackilligini)
- Mauritanian gerbil (Gerbillus mauritaniae)
- midday gerbil (Meriones meridianus)
- Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri)
- Petter's gerbil (Taterillus petteri)
- Phillip's gerbil (Gerbilliscus phillipsi)
- Przewalski's gerbil (Brachiones przewalskii)
- tamarisk gerbil (Meriones tamariscinus)
- Tarabul's gerbil (Gerbillus tarabuli)
- Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus)
Translations
[edit]small rodent
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Verb
[edit]gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)
- (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
- (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
See also
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French gerbille.
Noun
[edit]gerbil m (plural gerbili)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gerbil
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) gerbil | gerbilul | (niște) gerbili | gerbilii |
genitive/dative | (unui) gerbil | gerbilului | (unor) gerbili | gerbililor |
vocative | gerbilule | gerbililor |
Swedish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Meriones_unguiculatus_%28wild%29.jpg/300px-Meriones_unguiculatus_%28wild%29.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]gerbil c
- a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet)
- Synonym: ökenråtta
Declension
[edit]Declension of gerbil | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gerbil | gerbilen | gerbiler | gerbilerna |
Genitive | gerbils | gerbilens | gerbilers | gerbilernas |
References
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