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desert rat

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desert rat
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a jerboa, Jaculus orientalis, inhabiting the deserts of N Africa
2. (Military) Brit informal a soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42
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Noun1.desert ratdesert rat - any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
Dipodomys phillipsii, kangaroo rat
pocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouches
Dipodomys, genus Dipodomys - kangaroo rats
Dipodomys ordi, Ord kangaroo rat - most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
Translations
desert rat
n (Brit fig inf) → Wüstensoldat m


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