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French
Etymology
First known attestation 1655 as ierbuah, from Maghrebi Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ).
Pronunciation
Noun
gerboise f (plural gerboises)
- jerboa
- Synonym: (obsolete) gerbo
- 1844 Georges-Louis Leclerc compte de Buffon, Œuvres complètes de Bouffon, tome IV, Paris, Furne et Cie
La tête ressemble assez à celles des petites gerboises ; il y a des moustaches autour de la gueule et aux angles des yeux.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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