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gerbil

Any of numerous rodents with elongated back legs, good at hopping or jumping. Gerbils range from mouse- to rat-size, and have hairy tails. Many of the 13 genera live in dry, sandy, or sparsely vegetated areas of Africa and Asia. (Family Cricetidae.)

The Mongolian jird or gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is a popular pet.
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He got the idea after sons Maddox and Pax picked up the gerbils last month, when they took them to a local pet store.
Brad's pounds 50,000 ger-bill by The Mirror (London, England)
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