Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gerbil
1 sense of gerbil
Sense 1
gerbil, gerbille -- (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)
=> rodent, gnawer -- (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)