Damaraland
Americannoun
noun
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She said she is familiar with the zoo’s array of animals — from the naked mole rats to the Damaraland mole rats, “which are less naked and much bigger,” she said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021
Poaching is a scourge in Damaraland, an arid region of rocky outcroppings in northwest Namibia.
From New York Times • May 2, 2017
Both naked mole rats and their Damaraland cousins live as ants or termites do, in a rigid, insectile society.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2011
One of these—a Damaraland mole rat—slithers into a tube when we arrive and begins stomping its hind-paws on the floor, brushing them backwards.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2011
I did pretty well, and sent down a decent troop of cattle taken in barter to a place I’ve got in Damaraland.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
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