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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blesmol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blesmol
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sub-Saharan African rodent in the family Bathyergidae.

Etymology

From Afrikaans blesmol, from bles (“blaze (fleck of colour on animal coat)”) + mol (“mole”). Compare blesbok.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

blesmols (plural)

Phrases

Damaraland blesmol

Synonyms

bathyergid

Questions

What does blesmol mean?
Any sub-Saharan African rodent in the family Bathyergidae.
Where does blesmol come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

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