gundi
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Etymology
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Noun
gundi (plural gundis)
- Any of the several 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.
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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
References
gundi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ctenodactylidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ctenodactylidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡundi/, [ˈɡundi]
- Rhymes: -undi
- Syllabification(key): gun‧di
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 | ||
| instructive | — | gundein | ||
| abessive | gunditta | gundeitta | ||
| 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)
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