jird

[动]沙鼠

词形变化

jirds 复数 jirds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    沙鼠

    1997, Harold Townson, Chapter 9: Infection of mosquitoes with filaria, J. M. Crampton, C. B. Beard, C. Louis, The Molecular Biology of Insect Disease Vectors, World Health Organization, Chapman & Hall, page 105, The jird need not be anaesthetized prior to inoculation.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

gerbil gerbille

词源

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

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