Definition of "jird" []

• Any of various rodents of the genera Meriones, Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys, an agricultural pest. (noun)

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• "Common rodents are gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus and the Sundevall's jird Meriones crassus."
• "Cheng's jird is a gerbil that is classified by IUCN as critically endangered."
• "This ecoregion contains a single endemic mammal, Cheng's jird (Meriones chengi)."