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NOTORYCTUS TYPHLOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Notoryctus typhlops mean? 

NOTORYCTUS TYPHLOPS (noun)
  The noun NOTORYCTUS TYPHLOPS has 1 sense:

1. small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a moleplay

  Familiarity information: NOTORYCTUS TYPHLOPS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NOTORYCTUS TYPHLOPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

marsupial mole; Notoryctus typhlops; pouched mole

Hypernyms ("Notoryctus typhlops" is a kind of...):

marsupial; pouched mammal (mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)

Holonyms ("Notoryctus typhlops" is a member of...):

genus Notoryctus; Notoryctus (type genus of the family Notoryctidae: comprising solely the marsupial mole)


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