jerboa / dʒərˈboʊ ə, dʒɛr- /
📖毕业后词汇泽西岛
jerboa 的定义
n. 名词 noun- any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping.
更多jerboa例句
- In the leaping kangaroo and jerboa a shortening of the arms and lengthening of the legs appear.
- Their hind-legs are much shorter than those of the jerboa, and their tail is garnished with but a few short, stiff hairs.
- A double parallel to this modification is seen in the jerboa among the ungulates, and in the kangaroo among the marsupials.
- This fox lives chiefly on the jerboa-rat (Gerbillus Indicus) common on sandy plains.
- This family contains a form of rodent similar to, yet more pronounced than, the jerboa rats, of which I have already treated.