jerboa
/dʒɜːˈbəʊə/noun
1- a desert-dwelling rodent with very long hind legs that enable it to walk upright and perform long jumps, found from North Africa to central Asia跳鼠。
1.1
- Family Dipodidae: several genera and species.跳鼠科：数属, 数种。
词源
mid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Arabic yarbū'.