mole
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2.3
- noun
- /moʊl/
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lunar
- I could even see a rather large mole on my back, of which I'd not been previously aware.
- birthmarks and moles
- remove a mole
- cancerous mole
I'm a Melanoma doc and she had a mole in her arm, got darker and bigger.
- I'm a Melanoma doc and she had a mole in her arm, got darker and bigger.
- It's crooked Collie and I have a mole.
- So her name is Cindy after Cindy Crawford because she's got the little mole.
- Where is that guy, you know, or where's that mannequin with that shoulder mole?
Examples
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And I have a mole on my face, just like you do.
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- I had a mole removed.
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I have a very large mole under my hair.
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- Did you see that mole on her face?
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'Cause Jack has a big mole on his face.
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I would have liked to reach out and touch the small mole on her nose.
Fiction book (1997) -
I ran my fingers over the mole on my neck and then lowered my hand into my pocket.
Fiction book (2001) -
It all started when this mole appeared on my arm.
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On the back of his neck was a mole, black as the eye of an insect.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have a small, dark mole on my cheek that I was born with.
Synonyms
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1.3
A mark on the skin you are born with that has a different color or feel
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9.9
A skin mark present at birth, like a birthmark or mole
A mark or small growth on the skin like a mole
A small spot on a surface showing an imperfection
Compounds
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9.9
A small mole from eastern North America with soft fur that lives mostly underground
- South African
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9.9
A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
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7.3
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
- Specialized
A pregnancy condition where tissue grows into many fluid-filled sacs instead of a baby
- Specialized
A rare growth in the womb during early pregnancy that forms fluid-filled cysts and often causes loss of the baby
- Specialized
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
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mole (skin spot) comes from an old word maol meaning 'spot' or 'mark'. So a skin mole is simply a small, dark spot or mark on the skin.