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SPALAX
\spˈalaks], \spˈalaks], \s_p_ˈa_l_a_k_s]\
Definitions of SPALAX
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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sp[=
a
]'laks,
n
.
the
typical
genus
of
mole-rats. [Gr., spalax, sphalax,
a
mole
.]
1908
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson
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