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  • noun A jerboa, including species such as Jaculus orientalis and the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus, which inhabit the desert regions of North Africa.
  • noun A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42.

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  • noun any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae

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