mole-rat

See also: mole rat

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mole-rat (plural mole-rats)

  1. Any of the family Bathyergidae of burrowing rodents.
  2. In the family Spalacidae:
    1. Any of the genus Tachyoryctes of rodents.
    2. A blind mole-rat, also called fossorial mole-rats or subterranean mole-rats (subfamily Spalacinae).
    3. A zokor (only sometimes called mole-rats)
  3. In the family Muridae:
    1. short-tailed mole-rat (Nesokia indica).
    2. Indian mole-rat (Bandicota bengalensis).
  4. A naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

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