mole


Definition: Meaning of, mole in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / məʊl /

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mole moles
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  1. a small dark furry animal which is almost blind. Moles usually live under the ground.
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  2. a small dark brown mark on the skin that is slightly higher than the skin around it
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  3. someone who works for an organization while secretly giving information to its enemies
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mole used in phrases

  • American shrew mole (noun)
    1. greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada
  • Asiatic shrew mole (noun)
    1. shrew mole of eastern Asia
  • Damaraland mole rat (noun)
    1. colonial mole rat of western Africa; similar to naked mole rat
  • Mole, Adrian
    1. the main character in a series of humorous British books written by Sue Townsend, the first of which was The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 (1982). Each book is in the form of a DIARY in which Adrian writes about his daily life and thoughts. He describes many of the emotional problems that are typical of people his age.
  • brewer's mole (noun)
    1. mole of eastern North America
  • golden mole (noun)
    1. mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur
  • hair-tailed mole (noun)
    1. mole of eastern North America
  • hydatid mole (noun)
    1. an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the foetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the foetus
  • hydatidiform mole (noun)
    1. an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the foetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the foetus
  • marsupial mole (noun)
    1. small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole
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