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
• Hypernyms: ↑fossorial mammal
• Hyponyms: ↑queen, ↑queen mole rat
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rodentia, ↑order Rodentia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.