| NOUN | animal | naked mole rat | fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa |
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| Meaning | fetal-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. | |
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| Member of | Rodentia, order Rodentia | small gnawing animals |
| Narrower | queen, queen mole rat | An 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 |
| Broader | fossorial mammal | A burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging |
| Spanish | farumfer, rata topo desnuda | |
| Catalan | farumfer | |
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