jerboa

As nouns the difference between jerboa and rat

is that 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 while rat is a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

As a verb rat is

to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.

As nouns the difference between kangaroo and jerboa

is that kangaroo is a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia 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.

As a verb kangaroo

is to practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.

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.

As nouns the difference between gerboa and jerboa

is that gerboa is 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.