HyperDic: subfamily_gerbillinae

English > 1 sense of the expression subfamily Gerbillinae:
NOUNanimalsubfamily Gerbillinae, Gerbillinaegerbils
English > subfamily Gerbillinae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninggerbils.
SynonymGerbillinae
Member ofCricetidae, family CricetidaeMostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
MembersGerbillus, genus Gerbillustype genus of the Gerbillinae
gerbil, gerbillesmall Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
Broadermammal familyA family of mammals
Spanishfamilia Gerbillinae, Gerbillinae

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