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HETEROCEPHALUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Heterocephalus mean?
• HETEROCEPHALUS (noun)
The noun HETEROCEPHALUS has 1 sense:
1. sand rats
Familiarity information: HETEROCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sand rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Heterocephalus; Heterocephalus
Hypernyms ("Heterocephalus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Heterocephalus"):
sand rat (small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas)
Holonyms ("Heterocephalus" is a member of...):
Bathyergidae; family Bathyergidae (mole rats; sand rats)
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