jird

Etymology
Probably from in a vulgar pronunciation.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus  or rodents of certain species in the genera, , and sometimes.
 * 2) * 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,, , page 105,
 * The jird need not be anaesthetized prior to inoculation.
 * The jird need not be anaesthetized prior to inoculation.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 沙鼠
 * Finnish: jirdi
 * Kazakh: құмтышқан
 * Korean: 메리오네스속