jerboa / dʒərˈboʊ ə, dʒɛr- /

📖毕业后词汇泽西岛

jerboa 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. 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

  1. In the leaping kangaroo and jerboa a shortening of the arms and lengthening of the legs appear.
  2. Their hind-legs are much shorter than those of the jerboa, and their tail is garnished with but a few short, stiff hairs.
  3. A double parallel to this modification is seen in the jerboa among the ungulates, and in the kangaroo among the marsupials.
  4. This fox lives chiefly on the jerboa-rat (Gerbillus Indicus) common on sandy plains.
  5. This family contains a form of rodent similar to, yet more pronounced than, the jerboa rats, of which I have already treated.