gerbil

English Thesaurus

1. small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnawer, rodent,
definition	:	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	jird,
definition	:	gerbil of northern Africa (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	meriones unguiculatus, tamarisk gerbil,
definition	:	a gerbil that is popular as a pet (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	meriones longifrons, sand rat,
definition	:	southern European gerbil (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gerbillinae, subfamily gerbillinae,
definition	:	gerbils (noun.animal)