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Meaning of "jerboa" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JERBOA

From New Latin, from Arabic yarbū`.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JERBOA

dʒɜːˈbəʊə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JERBOA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jerboa is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JERBOA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jerboa

The jerboa forms the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae. Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to be found in hot deserts. When chased, jerboas can run at up to 24 kilometres per hour. Some species are prey for Little Owls in central Asia. Most species of jerboa have excellent hearing which allows them to avoid becoming the prey of these nocturnal predators. The typical lifespan of a jerboa is around 6 years.

Definition of jerboa in the English dictionary

The definition of jerboa in the dictionary is any small nocturnal burrowing rodent of the family Dipodidae, inhabiting dry regions of Asia and N Africa, having pale sandy fur, large ears, and long hind legs specialized for jumping.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JERBOA

aloha · balboa · Beboer · blower · boa · crossbower · follower · genoa · goa · Iowa · Lebowa · lower · moa · mower · noah · Pessoa · poa · Samoa · Sinaloa · Titanoboa

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JERBOA

jerbil · jereed · jeremiad · Jeremiah · jerepigo · Jerez · Jerez de la Frontera · Jericho · jerid · jerk · jerk off · jerk someone´s chain · jerker · jerkier · jerkiest · jerkily · jerkin · jerkiness · jerking · jerkingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE JERBOA

Alloa · American Samoa · Aotearoa · Bien Hoa · cocoa · feather boa · feijoa · koa · Krakatoa · Lisboa · Mauna Loa · Nova Lisboa · proa · protozoa · spermatozoa · stoa · varroa · Western Samoa · whoa · zoa

Synonyms and antonyms of jerboa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jerboa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JERBOA

Find out the translation of jerboa to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of jerboa from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jerboa» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

跳鼠
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

jerboa
570 millions of speakers
en

English

jerboa
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार का जानवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجربوع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

тушканчик
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

jerboa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

jerboa
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

gerboise
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Jerboa
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Springmaus
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

トビネズミ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

캥거루 쥐
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Jerboa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuột nhảy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நீண்ட பின்னங்கால்களைக் கொண்ட எலி போன்ற விலங்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जर्बोआ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Arap tavşanı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

topo delle piramidi
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skoczek pustynny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

тушканчик
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

jerboa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

είδος μικρού ποντικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Jerboa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jerboa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jerboa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jerboa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JERBOA»

Discover the use of jerboa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jerboa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jak Jerboa
Visit www.miitoons.com to learn more about Arion D. Rashad, "Jak Jerboa" and the entire "Mii Toons Action" comic book series. This is a self-published comic book, targeted for kids who love comics, manga, and graphic novels.
Arion Rashad, 2012
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
... Jerboa d Balikun-Springmaus; Balikun-Jerboa 171 Allactaga bullata Rodentia- Dipodidae e GobiJerboa d Gobi-Springmaus; Gobi-Jerboa f Gerboise du Gobi 172 Allactaga elater Rodentia - Dipodidae e Little Jerboa; Small Five-toed Jerboa; ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Egypt
A disturbed Lesser Egyptian Jerboa will head for its burrow. Escape flight erratic and may also try to elude predators by remaining motionless. Gestation about 25 days. In Egypt, breeding probably from February to September. Litter size 4-10.
Richard Hoath, 2009
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Marianne Moore and the Cultures of Modernity
Thus rather than reading "The Jerboa" as evidence of the modernist poem's self- refiexiveness, its preoccupation with its own textual strategies, I would suggest that read in relation to the poem's discursive embeddedness in The Illustrated ...
Dr Victoria Bazin, 2013
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An Historical Atlas of Islam [cartographic Material]
The Arabs, nevertheless, distinguished the jerboa and gerbil, calling the former yarbii' shufdri "the great" and the latter yarbu' ladmuri "the small"; in our own time, the Mara2ig of Tunisia make the same difference with shdhi and fdr ahmar.
William Charles Brice, 1981
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Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Scripture ...
people often are disappointed in digging after them, they have this proverb, *' To buy a hole instead of a jerboa." " Animals of this genus were certainly the two- footed mice, and the Egyptian mice, of the ancients, which were said to walk on ...
Augustin Calmet, Charles Taylor, Edward Wells, 1814
7
Travel the Globe: Story Times, Activities, and Crafts for ...
“How Jerboa Tricked Lion” retold by Dee Ann Corn Lion was the most powerful animal in all the land. (place the lion on the right side of the flannel board) He was eating all the other animals. So the animals got together to talk about this terrible ...
Desiree Webber, Dee Ann Corn, 2012
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The Varieties of Aesthetic Experience in American Modernist ...
Moore underscores the jerboa's difference from humanity when she writes that “It/ honors the sand by assuming its color” (142). Where “have,” “use,” and “kept” were the dominant verbs of the first few stanzas, the jerboa “honors” the landscape ...
Benjamin Johnson, 2007
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Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of ...
LONG-EARED. JERBOA. sCienTiFiC name: euChOReuTeS nASO Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata indeed it looks like a kangaroo (or some sort of hopping marsupial), but it's, in fact, a small nocturnal rodent. The longeared jerboa is ...
Michael Hearst, 2012
10
Travel the Globe: Story Times, Activities, and Crafts for ...
Storytelling “How Jerboa Tricked Lion” Flannel Board Presentation ”HowJerboa Tricked Lion” is a folktale of the Hausa people in northern Ghana. See Figures 6.1 through 6.5 for patterns. Trace the patterns on felt, or photocopy and color them.
Desiree Webber, Dee Ann Corn, Elaine Harrod, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JERBOA»

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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Edinburgh Cup: Drama aplenty …
As the boats came ashore it was in the expectation that Aimee now led the regatta by three points from Jerboa with Bear one point behind in ... «BYM News, Jul 15»
2
Lack Of Wind Prevents Racing On Day Two Of Edinburgh Cup
... inside out and the race had to be abandoned, much to the frustration of Gavia Wilkinson-Cox in GBR761 Jerboa who was leading at the time. «Afloat, Jul 15»
3
Ladies Rule At Larg's Dragon Edinburgh Cup
At the line Aimee led GBR795 Excite, helmed by Tom Vernon, and Jerboa across the line with Bear fourth and Martin Makey sailing GBR704 ... «Afloat, Jun 15»
4
Julia Bailey Wins 2015 Dragon Scottish Championship
Joining the fleet for this second part of the competition will be a number of top crews including Gavia Wilkinson-Cox sailing GBR761 Jerboa ... «Afloat, Jun 15»
5
Dragons converge on Largs for 2015 Scottish Championship …
... time out; Gavia Wilkinson-Cox sailing GBR761 Jerboa, who has come close to claiming this prestigious trophy on several previous occasions ... «BYM News, Jun 15»
6
Battle of Britain 75th anniversary marked with portraits by artist Anna …
Ms Redwood, who made headlines with her work as an official war artist in Afghanistan including a sculpture of the Jerboa Rat, the 7th ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
Discovery tells a remarkable 'Life Story'
We decided to film the long-eared jerboa for episode one because it has never been filmed before. But it lives in a remote corner of the Gobi ... «Mother Nature Network, Jun 15»
8
Nassau Art Museum Unlocks the Vaults to Showcase Its Treasures
The great American naturalist John James Audubon, known for his bird paintings, is represented here by the hoary marmot, the jerboa mouse, ... «Long Island Press, Mar 15»
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Trevor Paglen's art includes secure Wi-Fi for viewers
... do people with high security clearances really refer to “Google Turds,” “Gourmet Trough,” “Mysterious Jerboa” and such with straight faces? «SFGate, Mar 15»
10
Can you crack The Big Egg Hunt?
Left to right bottom row: John Reynolds' egg ‘untitled’, Misery’s (Tanja Jade’s) egg ‘Jerboa Egg’ and Virginia King’s ... «TVNZ, Mar 15»
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