jird

English

Etymology

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Probably from Arabic جُرَذ‎ (juraḏ, “a desert rodent with black tail tips, like many species in the genus Meriones”) in a vulgar pronunciation.

Noun

jird (plural jirds)

Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones and rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙鼠屬, 沙鼠 (shāshǔ)

See also

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