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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
2: furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
3: burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon [syn: bandicoot rat, mole rat]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1781 any of various burrowing Old World rodents (as of the families Bathyergidae and Muridae) that generally resemble moles in appearance and have large often protruding incisors used for digging — compare naked mole rat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Duck mole. See under Duck. Golden mole. See Chrysochlore. Mole cricket (Zo["o]l.), 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. Mole rat (Zo["o]l.), 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. Mole shrew (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp. B. brevicauda. Water mole, the duck mole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slepez Sle*pez", n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zo["o]l.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.