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SAND RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sand rat mean?
• SAND RAT (noun)
The noun SAND RAT has 2 senses:
1. small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
Familiarity information: SAND RAT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sand rat" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("sand rat" is a member of...):
genus Heterocephalus; Heterocephalus (sand rats)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Southern European gerbil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Meriones longifrons; sand rat
Hypernyms ("sand rat" is a kind of...):
gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)
Holonyms ("sand rat" is a member of...):
genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)
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