gundi
English
Etymology
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Noun
gundi (plural gundis)
- Any of the several North African rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.
- 1968, Gary Laval Ranck, The Rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, Ecology and Zoogeographical Relationships, page 258:
- The fact that specimens were collected and observed only in the higher portions of the gebel near Rumia is a direct result of my efforts having been concentrated there and does not indicate that gundis are most abundant at higher elevations or that they do not occur at lower elevations.
- 1999, Gundi, entry in Michael A. Mares (editor), Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 258,
- Gundis occur over most of North Africa, including the western Sahara Desert and Sahel west of 15° east longitude, from Mauritania to Libya and Chad.
- 2001, Gundis, entry in Peter Haggett (editor), Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 24, page 2220,
- Small balls of soft fur scampering up vertical rock faces, trilling and chirping like flocks of birds: these are the gundis, a curious family of rock-dwelling rodents that are found only in northern Africa. Four species of gundi live in the Sahara, one in the Horn of Africa.
Synonyms
- (any rodent of family Ctenodactylidae): ctenodactylid
Derived terms
Derived terms
- common gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi)
- desert gundi (Ctenodactylus vali)
- Felou gundi Felovia vae
- Mzab gundi Massoutiera mzabi
- North African gundi (= common gundi)
- Speke's gundi Pectinator spekei
- Val's gundi (= desert gundi)
Translations
rodent of the family Ctenodactylidae
References
- gundi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ctenodactylidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Ctenodactylidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡundi/, [ˈɡundi]
- Rhymes: -undi
- Syllabification(key): gun‧di
- Hyphenation(key): gun‧di
Noun
gundi
- gundi, ctenodactylid
- common gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi (species of rodent)
Declension
| Inflection of gundi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gundi | gundit | |
| genitive | gundin | gundien | |
| partitive | gundia | gundeja | |
| illative | gundiin | gundeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gundi | gundit | |
| accusative | nom. | gundi | gundit |
| gen. | gundin | ||
| genitive | gundin | gundien | |
| partitive | gundia | gundeja | |
| inessive | gundissa | gundeissa | |
| elative | gundista | gundeista | |
| illative | gundiin | gundeihin | |
| adessive | gundilla | gundeilla | |
| ablative | gundilta | gundeilta | |
| allative | gundille | gundeille | |
| essive | gundina | gundeina | |
| translative | gundiksi | gundeiksi | |
| abessive | gunditta | gundeitta | |
| instructive | — | gundein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Hyponyms
- algeriangundi, aavikkogundi, Ctenodactylus vali (Val’s gundi)
- senegalingundi, länsiafrikangundi, Felovia vae (Felou gundi)
- saharangundi, mzabingundi, Massoutiera mzabi (Mzab gundi)
- somaliangundi, spekengundi, Pectinator spekei (Speke’s pectinator)
Derived terms
Italian
Noun
gundi m (invariable)
- common gundi, gundi, desert rat
- Synonym: ratto del deserto
Anagrams
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Kachchi ગૂંધ (gūndh); compare Gujarati ગુંદ (gund).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
gundi class IX (plural gundi class X)