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gerbil

noun
🔊/ˈdʒɜːbɪl/
🔊/ˈdʒɜːrbɪl/
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  1. a small desert animal like a mouse, one type of which is often kept as a pet沙鼠Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French gerbille, from modern Latin gerbillus, diminutive of gerboa, from Arabic yarbū“.