jird
/dʒɜːd/noun
1- a long-tailed burrowing rodent related to the gerbils, found in deserts and steppes from North Africa to China沙鼠。
1.1
- Genus Meriones, family Muridae: several species.沙鼠属, 鼠科：数种。
词源
from Berber （a）gherda.