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marsupial mole

American  

noun

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

marsupial mole British  

noun

  1. any molelike marsupial of the family Notoryctidae

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Origin of marsupial mole

First recorded in 1895–1900

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

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