Author: Pete Galati
Date: 07:07:21 06/18/01
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On June 18, 2001 at 09:17:36, Peter Fendrich wrote: >On June 18, 2001 at 07:26:53, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On June 18, 2001 at 06:58:17, Peter Fendrich wrote: >> >>>Does the name gerbil mean something? I don't find it in the lexicon. >> >>ger·bil (jûrbl) >>n. >>Any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related >>genera of arid regions of Africa and Asia Minor, having long hind legs and a >>long tail. >>The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), having large dark eyes and a long >>furry tail and often kept as a pet. >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>[French gerbille, from New Latin Gerbillus, genus name, from diminutive of gerb, >>jerboa, variant of Medieval Latin jerba. See jerboa.] >> >>Regards, >>Mogens > >A small mouselike rodent :)) > >I wonder if this is what Bruce had in mind... > >//Peter "mouselike rodent" seems too redundant for Bruce, so probably not. Pete
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