Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common name for the small rodents of the genus Hapatotis, found in Tasmania and the desert regions of Australia. The best-known species is
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Examples
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This fox lives chiefly on the jerboa-rat (_Gerbillus Indicus_) common on sandy plains.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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At Hissar he found it among low sand-hills, where it appeared to feed on the jerboa-rat (_Gerbillus Indicus_), which is common there.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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