1. African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance • Hypernyms: rodent, gnawer • Member Holonyms: Bathyergus, genus Bathyergus 2. furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East • Hypernyms: rodent, gnawer • Member Holonyms: Spalax, genus Spalax 3. burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon • Syn: bandicoot rat • Hypernyms: rat • Member Holonyms: Nesokia, genus Nesokia