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MOLE RAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon

Synonyms:

bandicoot rat; mole rat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mole rat" is a kind of...):

rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)

Holonyms ("mole rat" is a member of...):

genus Nesokia; Nesokia (bandicoot rats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mole rat" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mole rat" is a member of...):

genus Spalax; Spalax (type genus of the Spalacidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mole rat" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mole rat" is a member of...):

Bathyergus; genus Bathyergus (mole rats)

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