1) Aquatic animal 2) Aquatic molelike animal 3) Molelike mammal
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The desman, a snouted and naked-tailed diving insectivore of the tribe Desmanini, belongs to one of two Eurasian species of the mole family, Talpidae. This tribe consists of two monotypic genera of semiaquatic insectivores found in Europe; one in Russia and the other in the Pyrenees. Both species are considered to be vulnerable. They have webbed p...
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large European muskrat
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• (n.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers.
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either of two species of amphibious Eurasian moles that den on land but seek prey underwater instead of burrowing through soil. The protruding ... [1 related articles]
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Des'man (dĕs'm
a n)
noun [ Confer Swedish
desman musk.]
(Zoology) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (
Myogale moschata ). It is allied to the moles, but is called
muskrat by some English writers. [ Written also
dæsman .]
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either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
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