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mole-rat

mole-rat noun: any of the family Bathyergidae of burrowing rodents.

mole-rat: any of the family Bathyergidae of burrowing rodents
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Noun

mole-rat (plural mole-rats)

  1. Any of the family Bathyergidae of burrowing rodents.
  2. Any of the genus Tachyoryctes of rodents.
  3. A blind mole-rat, also called fossorial mole-rats or subterranean mole-rats (subfamily Spalacinae).
  4. A zokor (only sometimes called mole-rats)
  5. short-tailed mole-rat (Nesokia indica).
  6. Indian mole-rat (Bandicota bengalensis).
  7. A naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

mole-rat meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

mole-rat in Tagalog

rodent
dagang-lupa

mole-rat in Arabic

rodent
خُلْد ḵuld

mole-rat in Indonesian

rodent
tikus mondok

Forms of mole-rat

pluralmole-rats
alternative formmole rat

Words formed from mole-rat

Phrases with mole-rat

Questions about mole-rat

What does mole-rat mean?
Mole-rat means any of the family Bathyergidae of burrowing rodents.
What is mole-rat in Tagalog?
Mole-rat in Tagalog is dagang-lupa. See Mole-rat meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is mole-rat?
Mole-rat is a noun.
What is the plural of mole-rat?
The plural of mole-rat is mole-rats.

Words near mole-rat in the dictionary

  1. mole snake
  2. Mole Valley
  3. mole-bank
  4. mole-banks
  5. mole-eyed
  6. mole-rat
  7. mole-rats
  8. molebut
  9. molebuts
  10. molecast
  11. molecasts

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