Mole rat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
  2. noun furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
  3. noun burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
    bandicoot rat.

WordNet

Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera Spalax, Georychus, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary.

Webster 1913