marsupial mole

noun

1. a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.

marsupial mole

noun

1. any molelike marsupial of the family Notoryctidae

Word History and Origins

Origin of marsupial mole¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

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