desert rat

English

A desert rat (Dipodomys ordii)

Wikispecies

Noun

desert rat (plural desert rats)

1. One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
   1. A gerbil (subfamily Gerbillinae) of the deserts of Africa and Asia
   2. A kangaroo rat (genus Dipodomys) from North America
   3. A Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) from Africa
   4. A jerboa, including those of species Jaculus orientalis and Jaculus jaculus (lesser Egyptian jerboa), which inhabit the desert regions of North Africa.
2. A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42.

Translations

one of various mouselike desert dwellers

• Italian: gundi m, ratto del deserto m

jerboa

• Finnish: aavikkorotta (fi), aavikkojerbo

British or Australian soldier of 7th Armoured Division

• Finnish: aavikkorotta (fi)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Desert Rats
• Wikipedia article on the jerboa

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