mole-rat

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mole-rat

noun mole-rats · mole rat

  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)

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noun rodent

Españolrata topo
Kiswahilifuko
Portuguêsrato-toupeira
Françaisrat-taupe, rate-taupe
DeutschMull
Italianospalace, ratto talpa
Ελληνικάτυφλοπόντικας tyflopóntikas
Românășobolan cârtiță, orbeț
Русскийслепы́ш slepýš
العربيةخُلْد ḵuld
עבריתחולד choléd

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@misc{mole_rat_2026,
  title = {mole-rat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mole-rat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}