Pufferfish vs Jerboa - What's the difference?
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Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu .
Any of a number of species comprising most of the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.
* 1814 , Augustin Calmet, Charles Taylor, Edward Wells, Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible ,
* 1999 , Ronald M. Nowak (editor), Rodentia; Family Dipopidae: Birch Mice, Jumping Mice, and Jerboas'', ''Walker's Mammals of the World , Volume 1,
* 2001 , Peter Haggett (editor), China and Taiwan: Animal Life: Desert, River and Forest Specialists'', ''Encyclopedia of World Geography , Volume 24,
As nouns the difference between pufferfish and jerboa
is that pufferfish is any species of fish of the family tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish while jerboa is any of a number of species comprising most of the family dipodidae, native to the deserts of asia and northern africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.pufferfish
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(en-noun)Synonyms
* (fish) balloonfish, blowfish, globefish, puffer, swellfish * (dish) fugujerboa
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(en noun)page 293,
- The Arabs, who are forbidden all other kinds of mice, esteem these the greatest delicacies: as those people often are disappointed in digging after them, they have this proverb, "To buy a hole instead of a jerboa ."
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- The permanent burrows may have emergency exits — side tunnels ending at or near the surface — through which the jerboa' "bursts" when threatened by a predator. ' Jerboas often lie on their side when sleeping in the burrow in order to better accommodate their long legs.
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- The small mammals include typical desert forms such as the burrowing rodents of the jerboa' family and the jird or gerbil subfamily. The ' jerboas , which are widespread across northern Africa and central Asia, are particularly well represented in China: 7 of the 10 genera and 10 of the 29 species occur in the arid, often cold deserts of the north and west.