Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jird
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

Example Sentences

"The jirds are treated with the suspension or solution obtained by this method. Only one jird is used for each compound for the primary screen."
"1997, Harold Townson, Chapter 9: Infection of mosquitoes with filaria, J. M. Crampton, C. B. Beard, C. Louis, The Molecular Biology of Insect Disease Vectors, World Health Organization, Chapman & Hall, page 105, The jird need not be anaesthetized prior to inoculation."
"Escherichia coli has been isolated from jirds that have died of septicemia."

Etymology

Probably from Arabic جُرَذ (juraḏ, “a rat”) in a vulgar pronunciation.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: جُرَذ

Inflected Forms

jirds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

gerbil jerboa

Questions

What does jird mean?: Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.
Where does jird come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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