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Definition of Family talpidae
1. Noun. Moles.
Exact synonyms: Talpidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora
Member holonyms: Mole, Condylura, Genus Condylura, Genus Parascalops, Parascalops, Genus Uropsilus, Uropsilus, Genus Neurotrichus, Neurotrichus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora
Member holonyms: Mole, Condylura, Genus Condylura, Genus Parascalops, Parascalops, Genus Uropsilus, Uropsilus, Genus Neurotrichus, Neurotrichus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Talpidae
Literary usage of Family talpidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This word, O. Eng. mal, appears in such MOLE, (i) Л small animal of the family
Talpidae (see below). 'orms as meil or mail, in old forms of Teutonic ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession; Or, Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"These two families demand no further attention in the present work ; but the
three remaining ones — Soricidae or Shrew Family, Talpidae or Mole Family, ..."
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