mole
/məʊl/
A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin; Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae; An internal spy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within
- plural
- moles
Meanings
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A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin
He is blind as a mole.
Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR
You can't talk to a mole about the stars, they can't see them.
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Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae
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An internal spy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within
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Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-ratsrare
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A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelinesrare
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A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoilrare
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A moll, a bitch, a slutrare
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A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by waterrare
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A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwaterrare
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An Ancient Roman mausoleumrare