Associations to the word «Spalax»

Wiktionary

SPALAX, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Spalacidae   — the blind mole rats.

Dictionary definition

SPALAX, noun. Type genus of the Spalacidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats