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Webster 1913 Edition
Lophiomys
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Lo-phi′o-mys
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
λοφιά
a mane, bristly ridge + μῦσ
a mouse.] (Zool.)
A very singular rodent (
Lophiomys Imhausi
) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidæ
), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.