different between gerbil vs gerboa

English

Alternative forms

• gerbille (dated)
• (verb): gerble
• jerbil (dated)

Etymology

French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic ????????? (jarb??) or ????????? (yarb??, “jerboa”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???bl?/
• Homophone: Dyirbal
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?l

Noun

gerbil (plural gerbils)

1. One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Translations

Verb

gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)

1. (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
2. (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

See also

• guinea pig
• hamster
• jerboa
• jird
• mouse
• rat

Anagrams

• Bigler, Bilger, Gibler

English

Noun

gerboa (plural gerboas)

1. Alternative form of jerboa

Anagrams

• Abrego, agbero, borage

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (yarb??).

Noun

gerboa m (invariable)

1. jerboa, rodent of the family Dipodidae