NOUN | animal | sewellel, mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America |
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Meaning | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent. | |
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Synonyms | mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa | |
Member of | Aplodontia, genus Aplodontia | type genus of the Aplodontiidae |
Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
Spanish | sewellel | |
Catalan | Aplodontia rufa, sewellel |
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