HyperDic: naked_mole_rat

English > 1 sense of the expression naked mole rat:
NOUNanimalnaked mole ratfetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa
English > naked mole rat: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites.
Member ofRodentia, order Rodentiasmall gnawing animals
Narrowerqueen, queen mole ratAn especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
Broaderfossorial mammalA burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging
Spanishfarumfer, rata topo desnuda
Catalanfarumfer

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