| 单词 | naked mole-rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnaked mole-rat naked mole-rat n. a blind, almost hairless mole-rat of East Africa, Heterocephalus glaber (family Bathyergidae), which lives in underground colonies in which only one pair breeds, most other individuals acting as workers. ΚΠ 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. iii. 121 The Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), which has no external ears and a short tail, has the body almost entirely naked. 1931 Proc. Zool. Soc. 2 961 Cheek-teeth..; mandible hystricine in form. (Mole-Rats and Naked Mole-Rats.) 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VI. 978/3 The fur is short and soft except in one unusual form, the naked mole rat. 1996 Times 18 Apr. 11/1 Naked mole-rats—which are neither moles nor rats—dig out complex burrows where they establish colonies in which only the queen bears young. < as lemmas |
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