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Definition of Spalax

1. Noun. Type genus of the Spalacidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spalax

Literary usage of Spalax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"spalax, Gulden. The Rat-Moles have also been very properly separated from the Rats, although their grinders are three in number, and tuberculous, ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"... side of spalax; and F. Cuvier even united the species in a single genus. He describes and figures the dentary system, which really seems to authorize ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1895)
"should stand as spalax microphthalmus Gulden. The species currently known as ... Kerr, is spalax microphthalmus Gulden. SPECIES AND VARIETIES. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"A medium sized species, not as large as spalax ... In color the type resembles that of spalax ... Enamel pattern of molars similar to that of spalax ..."

5. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"Rupicapra peru Of the above, we shall subsequently notice the spalax, ... The spalax or Blind Rat of Pennant, was formerly confounded with the mole. ..."

6. Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1833)
"In Harlan Fauna Americana the G. spalax is omitted, as well as the tuzan of Mexico ... In 1820 I described in my Annals of Nature, sp. 5. the spalax vittata ..."

7. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson (1855)
"The spalax or Blind Rat of Pennant, was formerly confounded with the mole. ... It was long believed the spalax was destitute of eyes, nor can any external ..."

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