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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARSUPIAL MOLE

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Marsupial mole is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MARSUPIAL MOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Marsupial mole

Marsupial moles are a family of marsupials of the order Notoryctemorphia. They are rare and poorly understood burrowing mammals of the deserts of Western Australia, with an ancestry going back 20 million years or so. Once classified as a monotreme, they are now known to be a marsupial. Their precise classification was for long a matter for argument, but there are considered to be only two extant species: ▪ Notoryctes typhlops. ▪ Notoryctes caurinus The two species of marsupial moles are so similar to one another that they cannot be reliably told apart in the field. Marsupial moles spend most of their time underground, coming to the surface only occasionally, probably mostly after rains. They are blind, their eyes having become reduced to vestigial lenses under the skin, and they have no external ears, just a pair of tiny holes hidden under thick hair. They do not dig permanent burrows, but fill their tunnels in behind them as they move.

Definition of marsupial mole in the English dictionary

The definition of marsupial mole in the dictionary is any molelike marsupial of the family Notoryctidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARSUPIAL MOLE

marshland
marshlander
marshlike
marshlocks
marshmallow
marshmallowy
marshwort
marshy
Marsilius of Padua
marsipobranch
marsport
marsquake
Marston
Marston Moor
marsupia
marsupial
marsupial mouse
marsupialian
marsupian
marsupium

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARSUPIAL MOLE

amole
golden mole
guacamole
guachamole
kilomole
macromole
micromole
millimole
mole
osmole
picomole
septimole
shrew mole
star-nosed mole
undecimole

Synonyms and antonyms of marsupial mole in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «marsupial mole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARSUPIAL MOLE

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The translations of marsupial mole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «marsupial mole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有袋动物摩尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

topo marsupial
570 millions of speakers

English

marsupial mole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धानी तिल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الخلد جرابي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сумчатый крот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

toupeira marsupial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মার্সুপিয়াল মোল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taupe marsupiale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tahi lalat marsupial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beuteltier Maulwurf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フクロモグラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유대류 몰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Marsupial mole
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nốt ruồi có túi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மார்சபுல் மோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काळ्या रंगाची छटा देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karışık köstebek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

talpa marsupiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

torbacz mola
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сумчастий кріт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mol marsupial
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μαρσιποφόρο mole
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buideldier mol
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pungdjur mol
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

pungdyr muldvarp
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARSUPIAL MOLE»

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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Leopard - marten
The marsupial mole leaves no permanent tunnels as it burrows beneath the sand . As a result it has to surface regularly for air. MARSUPIAL MOLE When a marsupial mole moves across the sand, ...
‎2002
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Uluru, Australia's Aboriginal Heart
Caroline Arnold. Bush plums grow at the entrance to the cave of Itjaritjari, the marsupial mole. ... In the creation time there was a giant marsupial mole named Itjaritjari. On the west side of Uluru you can see the cave where Itjaritjari lived.
Caroline Arnold, 2003
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Popular Science
THE AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIAL MOLE. BY DR. E. TEOUESSAKT. E discovery of a new mammal with, distinct enough, charac- teristics to constitute the type of a new family, possibly of an order, in the class of Didelphse or Aplacentariae, is, ...
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Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials
Calaby, J.H., Corbett, LK., Sharman, G.B., & Johnston, P.G. ( 1 974), The chromosomes and systematic position of the marsupial mole, Notoryctes typhlops ', Australian journal of Biological Science, 27:529-532. Cope, E.D. ( 1 892), 'On the ...
Menna Jones, Chris R. Dickman, Mike Archer, 2003
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Walker's Mammals of the World
Marsupial "mole" (Notoryctes typhlops). Inset shows broad flat surface of claws. Photosof mounted specimen from Royal Scottish Museum. Coarse-haired wombat (Vombatus ursinus), photo from New York Zoological Society. forefoot are ...
Ronald M. Nowak, 1999
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Walker's Marsupials of the World
... the Marsupial "mole" (Notoryctes typhlops), photo by D. Roff. forefoot are greatly enlarged and bear large, triangular claws that. 133. Order. Notoryctemorphia. Notoryctemorphia: Notoryctidae: Marsupial "Mole"
Ronald M. Nowak, 2005
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
Figure 11.38 External features of a marsupial mole. The marsupial mole ( Notoryctes typhlops) has large forefeet, reduced eye, no pinnae, and a thick, leathery nasal shield. Adaptedfrom DeBlase and Martin, 1981, A Manual of Mammalogy, ...
‎2007
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Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred ...
i Reconstruction of on extinct marsupial mole from late Oligocene and Miocene deposits at Riversleigh. Although living marsupial moles tunnel through sand, the Riversleigh marsupial mole may have made its tunnels in the forest floor.
Michael Archer, 2002
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The Outline of Science, Second Volume
The Common Mole burrows in soft soil, and its hand is therefore broad ; but the Cape Golden Mole and the quite unrelated "Marsupial Mole" burrow in hard soil, and their hands are very narrow, with a great strengthening of two of the fingers.
J. Arthur Thomson, 2008
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
... Pouched Mole d Beutelmulle; Beutelmaulwürfe f Notoryctes ; Taupes marsupiaux; Taupes marsupiales i Talpe marsupiali 4511 Notoryctes caurinus Notoryctemorphia - Notoryctidae e Northwestern Marsupial Mole; Marsupial Mole ; Northern ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARSUPIAL MOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term marsupial mole is used in the context of the following news items.
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Illustrating the dinosaurs of Australia
Related Articles. The mysterious marsupial mole · The incredible shrinking dinosaur · Were all dinosaurs feathered? «Australian Geographic, Sep 14»
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The mysterious marsupial mole
Known as kakarratul and itjaritjari to Aboriginal people, the marsupial mole of the dune deserts is a wonderful example of evolution in action. «Australian Geographic, Aug 14»
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Environmental authority approves uranium mine in WA
... impact on scarce water resources and a number of significant and vulnerable species including the bilby, marsupial mole and rock wallaby.”. «Green Left Weekly, Aug 14»
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Battle to save Uluru's threatened species
... park's 'bore fields' zone, which is home to three threatened species - the brush-tailed mulgara, the great desert skink and the marsupial mole. «ABC Online, May 14»
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Feedback sought on proposed Pilbara uranium mine
... a number of priority species including the Bilby, Desert Skink, Marsupial Mole and a whole suite of other things including subterranean fauna. «ABC Online, Nov 13»
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Aussies well-represented in hilarious awards
10-year census finds thousands of new species · The marsupial mole: an enduring enigma · Aussie carnivores were weird and wonderful «Australian Geographic, Sep 13»
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Zoos prefer cute animals to less attractive ones, says research
... to paying visitors could have detrimental effects on conservation, with the mammal rated the least attractive, the endangered marsupial mole, ... «Firstpost, Jun 13»
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Why the Argument from Suboptimal Design Is Weak
... to vestigial features such as the marsupial mole having non-functioning eyes hidden under its skin, to 'commonsense' features such as using ... «Discovery Institute, Dec 12»
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AG wins cover of the year for dingo issue
Wild Australasia: best nature photos of the decade · Press record for a chance at $20K and a trip to Qld · The mysterious marsupial mole ... «Australian Geographic, Dec 12»
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WWF calls for stronger environment laws
... done to protect the local habitats of endangered animals, such as the bilby, northern marsupial mole, Pilbara olive python and northern quoll. «Pilbara Echo, Sep 12»

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