名詞 jerboa:

1. mouselike jumping rodent

jer.bo.a

n.（名詞）
Any of various small, nocturnal, leaping rodents of the family Dipodidae of Asia and northern Africa, having long hind legs and a long, tufted tail.
跳鼠：一種亞洲和北美洲的常在夜間跳躍活動的小型跳鼠科嚙齒類動物，長有長的后腿和長的卷尾

來源：
Medieval Latin jerbôa
中世紀(jì)拉丁語 jerbôa
from Arabic jarbô` [flesh of the loins]
源自 阿拉伯語 jarbô` [腰部肌肉]