Definition of Jaculus

1. Noun. Jerboas.

Exact synonyms: Genus Jaculus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dipodidae, Family Dipodidae
Member holonyms: Jaculus Jaculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaculus

Jacques Loeb
Jacques Louis David
Jacques Lucien Monod
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Monod
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tatischeff
Jacques Yves Costeau
Jacquet's erythema
Jacqui
Jacquie
Jacquinia
Jacquinia armillaris
Jacquinia keyensis
Jaculus
Jaculus jaculus
Jacuzzi
Jacuzzis
Jada
Jade
Jade Emperor
Jaden
Jadon
Jaeger
Jaeger's test types

Literary usage of Jaculus

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

1. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1893)
"Eryx jaculus. Anguis jaculus, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. ii. p. 48 (1764), and SN ip' 391 (1766). ... Ges. jaculus, Daud. tcp 257; Bibr. # Bonf de St. Vine. ..."

2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1816)
"... Pallas —Unwholesome Situation of the Town—Mus jaculus, or Jerboa—Observations of Bochart and others upon that Animal—BAK. ..."

3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1823)
"... Pallas —Unwholesome Situation of the Town—Mus jaculus, or Jerboa—Observations of Bochart and others upon that ..."

4. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"Here belong—2, Sc. jaculus, of which Brandt distinguishes the following varieties: ... Macrotis = D. jaculus, Auct, D subvar. a. nigricans = D. decumanus, ..."

5. Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary by WILLIAM THOMAS. BLANFORD, Beresford Lovett, India. Persian Boundary Commission (1876)
"De F. Mue jaculus. Pall. Nov. Spec. Glir. p. 275, Pl. XX, nee Linn. ... Licht., varieties of Dipus jaculus of Pallas, despite their variation in size, ..."

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