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queen mole rat

DEFINITIONS OF: queen mole rat

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n an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males

Synonyms:
queen
Type of:
naked mole rat
fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites
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