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MOLE RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mole rat mean?
• MOLE RAT (noun)
The noun MOLE RAT has 3 senses:
1. African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
2. furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
3. burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
Familiarity information: MOLE RAT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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)
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:
Burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bandicoot rat; mole rat
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)
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