gerbil

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/

A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Related words

Mongolian gerbil

Example sentences

“Where do gerbils come from?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Arabic "جَرْبُوع".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “gerbil” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.