gerbil

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If a gerbil is particularly shy or afraid to come near your hands, try coaxing them into a jar or box first and have them exit onto your hands this way.

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  1. noun Any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera of arid regions of Africa and Asia Minor, having long hind legs and a long tail.
  2. noun The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), having large dark eyes and a long furry tail and often kept as a pet.

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  • That gerbil is mine nose to balls, so don't ask for a place at the table, I'm the one destined to bear witness Bob opened the cat cage. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 02 - February 2001
  • Religion & Spirituality what would Jesus do with a gerbil, ball of string, roll of newspaper, two paper clips, and a protractor? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Creatures were stirring sleeplessly … including the mouse (gerbil). —  Holidailies 2008
  • I hate the guy at the gym who runs on the stairmaster like a gerbil on a habitrail. —  No Land Grab
  • MEIMEI: And don't forget to pick up some food for your gerbil on the way home. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
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  1. French gerbille, from New Latin Gerbillus, genus name, from diminutive of gerbō, jerboa, variant of Medieval Latin jerbōa; see jerboa.
 

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