mole
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- noun
- /moʊl/
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topo
- The ground under its base must be undermined by mole or groundhog tunnels.
- blind mole
And maybe it was seasonal, but the moles, voles or whatever they are came back.
- And maybe it was seasonal, but the moles, voles or whatever they are came back.
- What came up were pictures of cute, mischievous moles.
- And so Brownie is is is on a little mole not too far from us.
- Look at Ant, Ant, Ant mounds, moles, you know, areas of runoff from the rain, like things get carried, little bits of metal like.
Examples
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"An Explorer is a friend to all, be it plants or fish or tiny mole."
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Moles need to eat all the time just to stay alive.
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All right, Jim, it's a mole, a harmless mole.
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Mole can dig a new hole right over there.
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Doesn't look like an ordinary mole does it?
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He goes out to the backyard to check for new mole hills.
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These are ones that dig and there you see a mole and the golden mole and they have the same sort of convergent morphology.
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Does your gardener catch moles, Mrs. Herbert?
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In Clare's poetry, the mole is an uncanny figure; it always returns.
Academic text (2017) -
While digging in the garden, I discovered a mole and its intricate tunnel system.
Synonyms
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A small mole from eastern North America with soft fur that lives mostly underground
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A small animal that lives underground and digs tunnels
A small animal that lives underground with a short furry tail found in eastern North America
A small animal from southern Africa that lives underground and has shiny fur
A small burrowing animal with a long nose and tail that digs with strong front feet
A small mole with a long pointed snout that lives underground and eats insects
A small mole with a pink star-shaped ring of feelers on its nose that it uses to find food
A small mole found in eastern North America that lives in water and has many pink tentacles on its nose
A small North American mole that lives in wet ground with a pink nose of many tentacles to find food
Compounds
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A small mole from eastern North America with soft fur that lives mostly underground
- South African
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A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
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A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Specialized
A small mole with a long pointed snout that lives underground and eats insects
A small burrowing animal from eastern Asia that looks like a shrew and a mole
- Australian
A small Australian animal that lives underground and carries its babies in a pouch
A small brownish-black animal like a frog that lives underground and comes out to lay eggs
A large insect with strong front legs that digs tunnels in soft soil and eats plant roots
- South African
A small animal from southern Africa that lives underground and has shiny fur
- Specialized
A small animal that lives underground with a short furry tail found in eastern North America
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A pregnancy condition where tissue grows into many fluid-filled sacs instead of a baby
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A rare growth in the womb during early pregnancy that forms fluid-filled cysts and often causes loss of the baby
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A larger female in a colony of naked mole rats who is the only one to have babies
- Australian
A small Australian burrowing animal with a pouch for its young that looks like a mole
A small mole found in eastern North America that lives in water and has many pink tentacles on its nose
A small North American mole that lives in wet ground with a pink nose of many tentacles to find food
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Etymology
Mole (animal) comes from an old English word moldwarp that meant 'earth-digger'. So a mole is the small animal that digs under the ground and makes tunnels.