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gundi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the several North African rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

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  • Finnish: gundi — rodent of the family Ctenodactylidae
  • Italian: gundi — rodent of the family Ctenodactylidae
  • Northern Kurdish: qendî — rodent of the family Ctenodactylidae