jird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

Word forms

jird jirds

Etymology

Probably from Arabic جُرَذ (juraḏ, “a rat”) in a vulgar pronunciation.

Related words

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