jerbo

Learned borrowing from English jerboa, itself from either Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ). Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008. Before that there was no single equivalent to "jerboa".

• IPA^(key): /ˈjerbo/,
• Rhymes: -erbo
• Hyphenation^(key): jer‧bo

jerbo

1. jerboa (any of a number of jumping rodents comprising most of the family Dipodidae, with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs)

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jerbo f

1. vocative singular of jerbă

From jȅr.

• IPA^(key): /jêrbo/
• Hyphenation: jer‧bo

jȅrbo (Cyrillic spelling је̏рбо)

1. (archaic) because

• “jerbo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• gerbo

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• IPA^(key): /ˈxeɾbo/

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• Rhymes: -eɾbo
• Syllabification: jer‧bo

jerbo m (plural jerbos)

1. gerbil

• “jerbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

jerbo

1. elephant

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad