DESERTRAT
desert rat
Noun
- One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
- A gerbil ('''') of the deserts of Africa and Asia
- A kangaroo rat (Dipodomys) from North America
- A Natal multimammate mouse () from Africa
- A jerboa, including species such as and the lesser Egyptian jerboa, , which inhabit the desert regions of North Africa.
- A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42.
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