SAND RAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand rat mean? 

• SAND RAT (noun)
  The noun SAND RAT has 2 senses:

1. small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas

2. southern European gerbil

  Familiarity information: SAND RAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND RAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Heterocephalus; Heterocephalus (sand rats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Southern European gerbil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Meriones longifrons; sand rat

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

gerbil; gerbille (small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping)

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

genus Meriones; Meriones (a genus of Cricetidae)