Definition of Gerbillus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils.

Exact synonyms: Genus Gerbillus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Gerbillinae, Subfamily Gerbillinae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerbillus

Geranium maculatum
Geranium molle
Geranium pratense
Geranium richardsonii
Geranium robertianum
Geranium viscosissimum
Gerard
Gerard Depardieu
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerardia pedicularia
Gerardia virginica
Gerardus Mercator
Gerbera
Gerbera jamesonii
Gerbich antigen
Gerbillus
Gerbode defect
Gerda
Gerdy's fibres
Gerdy's fontanel
Gerdy's hyoid fossa
Gerdy's interatrial loop
Gerdy's ligament
Gerdy's tubercle
Gerea
Gerea canescens
Gergesenes
Gergovian
Gerhard Gerhards
Gerhard Herzberg

Literary usage of Gerbillus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(2) gerbillus, Desm.—MERIONES, Illig. The Gerbils have molars that differ very little from those of Rats, merely becoming sooner worn, ..."

2. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"gerbillus, F. Cuvier. Char.—Upper incisors grooved; molars equably enamelled, with transverse ridges, ... They are found in Africa and Asia. 170. gerbillus ..."

3. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS gerbillus. Form murine, with the exception of ... gerbillus INDICUS. The Indian Jerboa-Rat, or Kangaroo-Rat ..."

4. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"58, pis. xxii, xxiii, gerbillus robustus, Loche Cat. Mamm. Ois. Alg., sp. 57 ( 1858)*. ... gerbillus elegans, Heuglin Reise NO Afrika, ii, p. 80 (1877)*. ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The best-known genus is gerbillus, including the Gerbilles proper. ... The tail is shorter than in gerbillus; its length in an individual of 165 mm. was 130 ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Gerbillus on Dictionary.com!Search for Gerbillus on Thesaurus.com!Search for Gerbillus on Google!Search for Gerbillus on Wikipedia!

Search