Meanings of mole rat in English

Something like a naked mole rat, maybe.

I nearly had a heart attack when a mole rat popped out behind me for the first time.

These proteins inactivate genes that suppress cancer, yet still naked mole rat cells did not show uncontrolled growth.

Don't let its ridiculous appearance fool you: the naked mole rat is a superhero of the animal kingdom.

We pass blue duikers, bongos, and something called a naked mole rat that doesn't come out of its cave.

I'm okay with one or two people, but more than that and I turn into a naked mole rat.

He started the project a decade ago, photographing a lowly naked mole rat at the Lincoln (Nebraska) Children's Zoo.

The blind mole rat rubs its tears into its fur, which appears to make other mole rats less aggressive, said Sobel.

But when they grew naked mole rat cells in a lab dish, they noticed that cells wouldn't get too close together.

The naked mole rat's powerful, protruding teeth are great for burrowing -but digging with their mouths makes it easy to inhale dirt.

Find out more about an equally odd underground animal, the naked mole rat, in our story: Eight ugly animals we should save anyway.

That supercharging could be closer than we think, if the military can combine the potential of resveratrol with the power of the mole rat.

Peter didn't wait around to see what happened next; he dove into the tunnel, scrambling up the shaft as fast as a mole rat.

However, naked mole rat hyaluronan is unusual in that each molecule is about 5 times the size of hyaluronan molecules from mice, rats, and humans.

It's possible that these techniques could be used to treat fear-based conditions from arachnophobia (fear of spiders) to zemmiphobia (fear of the great mole rat).

A magnetic field so we don't all have to live like mole rats.