marsupial mole

American  

noun

1. a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.

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marsupial mole British  

noun

1. any molelike marsupial of the family Notoryctidae

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Etymology

Origin of marsupial mole

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

Beneath the sand: Indigenous rangers in Australia found a northern marsupial mole, the “hardest of all the animals to find.”

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Beneath the sand: Australian rangers found a northern marsupial mole, the “hardest of all the animals to find.”

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

If you saw a northern marsupial mole, you might be surprised.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

Traces of an arboreal ancestry could be demonstrated even in the marsupial mole Notoryctes.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell