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mole rat

[mohl-rat]
–noun
1. any of several eastern European burrowing rodents, esp. those of the genus Spalax, having no tail, short limbs, and small eyes with permanently closed lids.
2. bandicoot (def. 2).
Also, mole-rat, molerat.


Origin:
1775–85
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