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jerboa (n.)
[jerboa 词源字典]
small desert rodent, 1660s, Modern Latin, from Arabic
jarbu
"flesh of the loins," also the name of a small jumping rodent of North Africa. Compare
gerbil
.
[jerboa etymology, jerboa origin, 英语词源]