mole-rat noun7 •Any of the family Bathyergidae of burrowing rodents. •Any of the genus Tachyoryctes of rodents. •A blind mole-rat, also called fossorial mole-rats or subterranean mole-rats (subfamily Spalacinae). •A zokor (only sometimes called mole-rats) •short-tailed mole-rat (Nesokia indica). •Indian mole-rat (Bandicota bengalensis). •A naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) formsmole rats · mole-rats