'Gerboa' definitions:
Definition of 'Gerboa'
From: GCIDE
- Gerboa \Ger*bo"a\, n. (Zool.) The jerboa. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gerboa'
From: GCIDE
- Jerboa \Jer*bo"a\, n. [Ar. yarb[=u]`.] (Zool.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. {Dipus Aegyptius}, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. [Written also gerboa.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good Hope. [1913 Webster]
- Jerboa kangaroo (Zool.), small Australian kangaroo (Bettongia penicillata), about the size of a common hare. [1913 Webster]