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One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
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To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
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To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
Anyone who has had gerbils will know what great fun they are.
Breeding non-spotted gerbils together will never produce white spotted gerbils.
Gerbils are inhabitants of open sandy plains, where they dwell in burrows furnished with numerous exits, and containing large grass-lined chambers.
I had bought 4 gerbils (who are very much loved) instead a year previously.
Overall Karin has found these gerbils to be very nice animals to keep, and beautiful to look at.
Mixing the sexes will result in lots of baby gerbils.
A pair of males will live happily together and as with Mongolian gerbils appear to become very attached to their partners.
Gerbils fall into a similar category as hamsters, but are generally "jumpier" than their cousins.
The gerbils, which are widely distributed over the more or less desert-like regions of the Old World exclusive of the Malay countries and Australia, form the sub-family Gerbillinae.
Ovarian tumors are common in female gerbils with poor reproductive performance.
She sat unconcerned, watching the gerbils, I got out and she flew off, landing about thirty feet away.
The parents of children living in rodent-infested conditions, or who have pet rodents (mice, rats, gerbils) should be vigilant to illness in their children.