blesmol
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans blesmol, from bles (“blaze (fleck of colour on animal coat)”) + mol (“mole”).[1] Compare blesbok.
Noun
blesmol (plural blesmols)
- A mole rat.
References
- Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1782) Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière (in French), volume 35 (Supplement 6), page 252. Blesmol is glossed as taupe tachetée ("spotted mole").