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jird (iou)



jird noun. M18.
[Berber (a)gherda.]
Any of several long-tailed burrowing rodents of the genera Meriones and Sekeetamys (family Muridae), found in deserts and steppes from North Africa to China and including M. unguiculatus, the species usu. kept as the pet gerbil.