MOLE RAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mole rat mean? 

• MOLE RAT (noun)
  The noun MOLE RAT has 3 senses:

1. African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance

2. furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East

3. burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon

  Familiarity information: MOLE RAT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLE RAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mole rat" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mole rat" is a member of...):

Bathyergus; genus Bathyergus (mole rats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mole rat" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mole rat" is a member of...):

genus Spalax; Spalax (type genus of the Spalacidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bandicoot rat; mole rat

Hypernyms ("mole rat" is a kind of...):

rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)

Holonyms ("mole rat" is a member of...):

genus Nesokia; Nesokia (bandicoot rats)