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TAMARISK GERBIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamarisk gerbil mean? 

TAMARISK GERBIL (noun)
  The noun TAMARISK GERBIL has 1 sense:

1. a gerbil that is popular as a petplay

  Familiarity information: TAMARISK GERBIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAMARISK GERBIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gerbil that is popular as a pet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Meriones unguiculatus; tamarisk gerbil

Hypernyms ("tamarisk gerbil" is a kind of...):

gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)

Holonyms ("tamarisk gerbil" is a member of...):

genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)


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