noun
1. small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
• Member Holonyms: ↑Heterocephalus, ↑genus Heterocephalus
2. southern European gerbil
• Syn: ↑Meriones longifrons
• Member Holonyms: ↑Meriones, ↑genus Meriones
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noun : any of various rodents native to sandy or desert areas: as
a. : pocket gopher
b. : either of two small nearly naked African mole rats (genus Heterocephalus)
c. : any of several African cricetid rodents (genus Psammomys)
d. : a southern European rodent (Meriones longifrons) related to the typical gerbils
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1. gerbil.
2. See naked mole rat.
3. any of various desert rodents.
[1775-85]
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sand rat,
1. a pocket gopher found in sandy areas on the western coast of North America.
2. any one of several rodents found in sandy areas, such as the gerbil.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.