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Meaning Of Lophiomys
n.
A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of
Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special
family (Lophiomyidae), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It
has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and
arrangement.