Jẽr'bo-ȧ or Jer-bō'ȧ, n.

n. [Ar. yerbôa, yarbûa.] (Zoöl.) A small jumping rodent animal (Dipus Ægyptius), having very long hind legs and a long tail;—called also jumping hare. It burrows in the ground.

The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the Petetes Capensis of the Cape of Good Hope.