Bathyergidae
plural noun
Bathy·er·gi·dae
ˌbathēˈərjəˌdē
: a family of aberrant hystricomorph rodents that includes the mole rats and sand rats of Africa
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Bathyergus, type genus (from Greek bathyergein to plow deeply, from bathy- + ergein to plow) + -idae