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Bathyergidae

noun

mole rats; sand rats

• Syn: ↑family Bathyergidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hystricomorpha, ↑suborder Hystricomorpha

• Member Meronyms: ↑Bathyergus, ↑genus Bathyergus, ↑Heterocephalus, ↑genus Heterocephalus

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\\ˌbathēˈərjəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bathyergus, type genus (from Greek bathyergein to plow deeply, from bathy- + ergein to plow) + -idae

: a family of aberrant hystricomorph rodents that includes the mole rats and sand rats of Africa

Useful english dictionary. 2012.