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Definition of Gerbillinae
1. Noun. Gerbils.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Genus Gerbillus, Gerbillus, Gerbil, Gerbille
Medical Definition of Gerbillinae
1. A subfamily of the muridae consisting of several genera including gerbillus, rhombomys, tatera, meriones, and psammomys. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerbillinae
Literary usage of Gerbillinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The Gerbilles form another subfamily, gerbillinae, of the Muridae, or a family,
according to some. The best-known genus is Gerbillus, including the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... distributed over the more or less desert-like regions of the Old World exclusive
of the Malay countries and Australia, form the sub-family gerbillinae. ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The somatic karyo- type of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus, Rodentia,
gerbillinae). Mammalian Chromosomes Newsletter ll:l29-l3l. ..."
4. Animal Models in Biomedical Research: Poultry (1993)
"... convulsant drugs, electric stimulation, photic stimulation, gerbillinae,
jacksonian seizure. "Calbindin D-28K and animal models of epilepsy. ..."
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