jird

noun

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

   “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.”