Meanings
- rareuncountableThe fear of the great mole rat.
Some fear string (linonophobia) or the great mole rat (zemmiphobia).
2013, Phil Callaway, When You Need a Good Laugh: Finding Contagious Joy, Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 203 more examples
Granted, I find it difficult to imagine how I might one day be able to employ zemmiphobia—fear of the great mole rat—in a training regimen, but that's my own personal failure.
2003, Joanne M. Friedman, It's a Horse's Life!: Advice and Observations for the Humans Who Choose to Share It, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40Meanwhile there are fears from Arachnophobia to Zemmiphobia on Peter's list. Zemmiphobia? Fear of the Great Rat?
2005, Carol Clewlow, Not Married, Not Bothered: An ABC for Spinsters, Oxford: ISIS Large Print, →ISBN, page 75Nor does this book deal in any way with zemmiphobia (just show the word to your teacher and she'll pronounce it for you), the fear of the great mole rat, although most readers will agree that great mole rats are pretty freaky.
2011, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Elliot and the Pixie Plot, Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, →ISBN, unnumbered page
Origin
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zemmiphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zemmiphobia
“zemmiphobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zemmiphobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zemmiphobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zemmiphobia.
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