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HETEROCEPHALUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sand rats

Synonyms:

genus Heterocephalus; Heterocephalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Heterocephalus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Heterocephalus"):

sand rat (small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas)

Holonyms ("Heterocephalus" is a member of...):

Bathyergidae; family Bathyergidae (mole rats; sand rats)

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