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marsupial mole

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noun
a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
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Also called pouched mole.

Origin of marsupial mole

First recorded in 1895–1900
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How to use marsupial mole in a sentence

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

    Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

British Dictionary definitions for marsupial mole

marsupial mole

noun
any molelike marsupial of the family Notoryctidae
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