Definition of "mole rat" [mole rat]

• Any of several furry, short-limbed, tailless burrowing rodents of the genus Spalax, found in eastern Europe and the Middle East. (noun)
• Any of various similar molelike rodents of the family Bathyergidae and especially of the genus Bathyergus, found from South Africa to Kenya. (noun)

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