mole rat

Questions about mole rat

What does mole rat mean?

mole rat means "African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mole rat?

Close synonyms include bandicoot rat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mole rat a common word?

mole rat is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.