zokor

English

Myospalax psilurus

Etymology

From dialectal Russian зо́кор (zókor), ultimately of Mongolic origin. See Russian цо́кор (cókor) for more.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊkɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊkɔː/

Noun

zokor (plural zokors)

1. Any of several Asiatic burrowing rodents native to Central Asia, in the spalacid subfamily Myospalacinae, related to the mole rats.

Translations

an Asiatic burrowing rodent

• Armenian: ցոկոր (cʻokor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼢鼠 (zh) (fénshǔ, fěnshǔ)

• Finnish: tsokori
• German: Blindmull m
• Italian: spalace m
• Polish: zokor m, cokor (pl) m
• Russian: цо́кор m (cókor), зо́кор (zókor) (dialectal)

References

• zokor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Myospalacinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Myospalacinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons