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From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, jerboa). Doublet of jerboa.

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gerbil (plural gerbils)

 
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  1. A member of one of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling those of the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

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gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)

  1. (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

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Borrowed from French gerbille.

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gerbil m (plural gerbili)

  1. gerbil

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gerbil c

  1. a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet)
    Synonym: ökenråtta

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Declension of gerbil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gerbil gerbilen gerbiler gerbilerna
Genitive gerbils gerbilens gerbilers gerbilernas

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