variants
or less commonly gerbille
: any of numerous Old World burrowing desert rodents (Gerbillus and related genera) with long hind legs adapted for leaping
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According to police, the door to the pet store was open and animals, including dogs, birds, ferrets, rabbits, and gerbils, were roaming free, WCMH reported.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
Besides dogs and cats, animals allowed inside are birds, ferrets, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rats and rabbits under 10 pounds.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by gerbils and the dean of students is a hermit crab.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by gerbils, and the dean of students is a hermit crab.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
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Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
Besides dogs and cats, animals allowed inside are birds, ferrets, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rats and rabbits under 10 pounds.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by gerbils and the dean of students is a hermit crab.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by gerbils, and the dean of students is a hermit crab.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
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gerbil
noun
ger·bil
ˈjər-bəl 
: any of several Old World desert rodents with long hind legs
Medical Definition
gerbil
noun
ger·bil
variants
also gerbille
: any of numerous Old World burrowing desert rodents (Gerbillus and related genera) with long hind legs adapted for leaping
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