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Spalax

noun

type genus of the Spalacidae

• Syn: ↑genus Spalax

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Spalacidae, ↑family Spalacidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mole rat

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\\ˈspāˌlaks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, mole; akin to Old High German spaltan to split — more at spill

: a genus (the type of the family Spalacidae) of mole rats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.