"blesmol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blesmols [plural]
Etymology: From Afrikaans blesmol, from bles (“blaze (fleck of colour on animal coat)”) + mol (“mole”). Compare blesbok. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|blesmol}} Afrikaans blesmol, {{m|af|bles||blaze (fleck of colour on animal coat)}} bles (“blaze (fleck of colour on animal coat)”), {{m|af|mol||mole}} mol (“mole”), {{m|en|blesbok}} blesbok Head templates: {{en-noun}} blesmol (plural blesmols)
  1. Any mole rat in the family Bathyergidae. Wikipedia link: Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon Categories (lifeform): Phiomorphs

Inflected forms

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