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Definition of Mole rat

Mole rat
Duck mole. See under Duck. Golden mole. See Chrysochlore. Mole cricket (Zo["o]l.), an orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllotalpa, which excavates subterranean galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The common European species (Gryllotalpa vulgaris), and the American (G. borealis), are the best known. Mole rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera Spalax, Georychus, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary. Mole shrew (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp. B. brevicauda. Water mole, the duck mole.

Meaning of Mole rat from wikipedia

- The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably...
- Mole-rat or mole rat can refer to several groups of burrowing Old World rodents: Bathyergidae, a family of about 20 hystricognath species in six genera...
- mole-rats Genus Spalax Mehely's blind mole-rat, S. antiquus Sandy blind mole-rat, S. arenarius Giant blind mole-rat, S. giganteus Bukovina blind mole-rat...
- The Damaraland mole-rat (****omys damarensis), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. Along with the smaller...
- The Middle East blind mole-rat (Nannospalax ehrenbergi), also known as the Palestine mole-rat or Ehrenberg's mole-rat, is a species of rodent in the family...
- blind mole-rat, S. antiquus Sandy blind mole-rat, S. arenarius Giant blind mole-rat, S. giganteus Bukovina blind mole-rat, S. graecus Oltenia blind mole-rat...
- The common mole-rat, African mole-rat, or Hottentot mole-rat, (Cryptomys hottentotus) is a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa, in particular in...
- The Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis) is a species of mole-rat endemic to South Africa. It is the only extant species currently described as belonging...
- The lesser blind mole-rat (Nannospalax leucodon) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria...
- African mole-rat, T. rex Rwanda African mole-rat, T. ruandae Rudd's African mole-rat, T. ruddi Embi African mole-rat, T. spalacinus Northeast African mole-rat...