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Vinony

gerbil

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/ / /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/

noun

Etymology: From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.

  1. A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

verb

Etymology: From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.

  1. To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
  2. To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).