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JIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jird mean?
• JIRD (noun)
The noun JIRD has 1 sense:
1. gerbil of northern Africa
Familiarity information: JIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gerbil of northern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("jird" is a kind of...):
gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)
Holonyms ("jird" is a member of...):
genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)
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