sand rat

English Thesaurus

1. southern European gerbil (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gerbil, gerbille,
definition	:	small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus meriones, meriones,
definition	:	a genus of Cricetidae (noun.animal)

2. small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnawer, rodent,
definition	:	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus heterocephalus, heterocephalus,
definition	:	sand rats (noun.animal)