Definitions
small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
Word origin
From Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl (“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-West Germanic *mail, from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“spot, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-, *my- (“to soil, sully”).
Used in a sentence
“Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Small tunnel digger”4 letters
02“Burrowing mammal or spy”4 letters
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