mole : Idioms & Phrases

• noun greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada
  Neurotrichus gibbsii.
  

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• noun shrew mole of eastern Asia
  Uropsilus soricipes.
  

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• noun mole of eastern North America
  Parascalops breweri; brewer's mole.
  

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• noun colonial mole rat of western Africa; similar to naked mole rat
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.

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• noun mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur
  

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• . See Chrysochlore.
• (Zoöl), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochloridæ, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold.

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• noun mole of eastern North America
  Parascalops breweri; brewer's mole.
  

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• noun an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus
  hydatid mole; molar pregnancy.
  

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• noun an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus
  hydatid mole; molar pregnancy.
  

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• noun small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole
  Notoryctus typhlops; marsupial mole.
  

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• noun digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots
  

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• (Zoöl.), an orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllotalpa, which excavates subterranean galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The common European species (Gryllotalpa vulgaris), and the American (G. borealis), are the best known.

Webster 1913

• noun showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
  paint leaf; Euphorbia heterophylla; Japanese poinsettia.
  
• noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
  Euphorbia lathyris; caper spurge; myrtle spurge.
  

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• noun African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
  
• noun furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
  
• noun burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
  bandicoot rat.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera Spalax, Georychus, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary.

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• noun brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States
  Ambystoma talpoideum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp. B. brevicauda.

Webster 1913

Mole"-eyed` adjective

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1. Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.

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• noun fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites
  

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• noun small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole
  Notoryctus typhlops; marsupial mole.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large American mole (Scalops argentatus), native of the Western prairies.

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• noun an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
  queen.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Mole rat, under Mole.

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• (Zoöl.), the coast rat.

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• noun slender mole having a long snout and tail
  

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• a common large North American mole (Scalops aquaticus). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints.

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• noun amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose
  Condylura cristata; star-nosed mole.
  

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• noun amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose
  Condylura cristata; star-nosed mole.
  

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• the duck mole.

Webster 1913