SEWELLEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

Synonyms:

Aplodontia rufa; mountain beaver; sewellel

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Hypernyms ("sewellel" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("sewellel" is a member of...):

Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia (type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers)

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