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QUEEN MOLE RAT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
Synonyms:
queen; queen mole rat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("queen mole rat" is a kind of...):
naked mole rat (fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites)