gerbil
nounHow to pronounce gerbil:
Definition of gerbil:
- gerbil (noun):
- noun. small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
- any of numerous old world burrowing desert rodents (gerbillus and related genera) with long hind legs adapted for leaping
Synonyms for gerbil:
gerbille
gerbillinae
gnawer
jird
meriones longifrons
meriones unguiculatus
rodent
sand rat
subfamily gerbillinae
tamarisk gerbil
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- dangled
- sorbet
- Laraib
- ably
- monthly
- prejudge
- afloat
- walnut
- Nadine
- chopper
- untaught
- sopping
- failure
- trouper
- Gouda
- debut
- aswirl
- affined
- infect
- shrivelled
- filthy
- efforts
- affairs
- cashew
- lousy
- clucking
- tactic
- sleigh bell
- magpie
- wakened
- verte
- enthused
- dullest
- truckline
- market
- Aubine
- pixel
- ludo
- fuddled
- threadlike
- liner
- unspoilt
- nightlong
- invert
- avow
- shaggy
- plannings
- falser
- ascend
- mettle
- … more
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