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Webster 1913 Edition
Jerboa
Jer-bo′a
,Noun.
[Ar.
yarbū‘
.] (Zool.)
Any small jumping rodent of the genus
Dipus
, esp. Dipus Aegyptius
, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. [Written also
gerboa
.] ☞ The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the
Pedetes Caffer
, of the Cape of Good Hope. Jerboa kangaroo
(Zool.)
, small Australian kangaroo (
Bettongia penicillata
), about the size of a common hare.Webster 1828 Edition
Jerboa
JER'BOA
,Noun.