talpid
English edit
Etymology edit
From scientific Latin Talpidae (family name), ultimately from Latin talpa (“mole”).
Noun edit
talpid (plural talpids)
- (zoology) A member of the family Talpidae, comprising moles and related insectivorous mammals.
- 2016 November 16, Hanneke Meijer, “Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The several species of small mammals found at Tagay, such as dormice, talpids and hedgehogs, show close affinities to European taxa.