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Bathyergidae

plural noun
Bathy·​er·​gi·​dae | \ ˌbathēˈərjəˌdē\

Definition of Bathyergidae

: a family of aberrant hystricomorph rodents that includes the mole rats and sand rats of Africa

History and Etymology for Bathyergidae

New Latin, from Bathyergus, type genus (from Greek bathyergein to plow deeply, from bathy- + ergein to plow) + -idae

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