- gerbil, gerbille - small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
--1 is a kind of rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal
--1 is a member of Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae
--1 has particulars:jird; tamarisk gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus; sand rat, Meriones longifrons