Rhizomyid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rhizomyid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any rodent in the family Rhizomyidae, now considered to be the spalacid subfamily Rhizomyinae, comprising the bamboo rats and mole rats (as opposed to the naked mole rats in the subfamily Spalacinae).
Meaning
(zoology) Any rodent in the family Rhizomyidae, now considered to be the spalacid subfamily Rhizomyinae, comprising the bamboo rats and mole rats (as opposed to the naked mole rats in the subfamily Spalacinae).
Word Forms
- rhizomyids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spalacid, mole-rat, oryzomyine, rhinopomatid, rhizodontid, rhizocephalan.
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