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noun
A burrowing rodent (Heterocephalus glaber), native to parts of East Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fossorial mammal
Narrower terms: queen, queen mole rat
History
From naked + mole rat.
Across languages
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