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Spalax

noun
Spa·​lax | \ ˈspāˌlaks\

Definition of Spalax

: a genus (the type of the family Spalacidae) of mole rats

History and Etymology for Spalax

New Latin, from Greek, mole; akin to Old High German spaltan to split

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