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bamboo rat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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Any of the four species of burrowing rodents in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys, found in China and Southeast Asia

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  • Burmese: ပွေး (pwe:) — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Chinese Cantonese: 竹鼠 (zuk1 syu2) — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Chinese Mandarin: 竹鼠 (zhúshǔ) — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Finnish: bambumyllikäs — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • French: rat des bambous — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Indonesian: dekan — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Italian: ratto del bambù — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Lao: ອົ້ນ (ʼon) — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Malay: dekan — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Mon: တန် — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Polish: bambusowiec — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Shan: ဢူၼ်ႈ (ʼūun) — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Thai: อ้น (ôn) — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
  • Vietnamese: dúi — rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys