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marsupial mole
noun
- a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
marsupial mole
noun
- any molelike marsupial of the family Notoryctidae
Word History and Origins
Origin of marsupial mole1
Example Sentences
Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.
Beneath the sand: Indigenous rangers in Australia found a northern marsupial mole, the “hardest of all the animals to find.”
Beneath the sand: Australian rangers found a northern marsupial mole, the “hardest of all the animals to find.”
If you saw a northern marsupial mole, you might be surprised.
The northern marsupial mole, or kakarratul, lives in one of the most remote parts of the nation and is so elusive that authorities don't even know how many there are.
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