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mole rat

mole rat is the alternative spelling of mole-rat.

Meaning of mole-rat

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).

See all 7 meanings of mole-rat

Forms of mole rat

pluralmole rats

Words formed from mole rat

Questions about mole rat

What is mole rat the alternative spelling of?
Mole rat is the alternative spelling of mole-rat.

Words near mole rat in the dictionary

  1. mole people
  2. mole plough
  3. mole ploughs
  4. mole plow
  5. mole plows
  6. mole rat
  7. mole rats
  8. Mole River
  9. mole run
  10. mole runs
  11. mole salamander

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