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jird

The English word “jird” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

Etymology

Probably from Arabic جُرَذ (juraḏ, “a rat”) in a vulgar pronunciation.

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