Mole (disambiguation)

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Mole may mean:

  • Mole (animal) or mouldywarp, a burrowing insectivorous mammal in the family Talpidae, with short velvety fur and enlarged front limbs. The origin of a number of other meanings:
    • Golden mole, a burrowing insectivorous mammal in the family Chrysochloridae, not closely related to true moles
    • Mole-rats, rodents of several different families which live underground like moles
    • Marsupial mole, a mole-like marsupial
    • Mole cricket, a mole-like cricket in the family Gryllotalpidae
    • Mole salamander, a burrowing salamander in the family Ambystomatidae
    • Mole, a tunnel boring machine
    • Mole plough, a deep plough for cutting buried drainage channels under wet farmland
    • Mole (espionage), a spy buried secretly within an organization or country
    • River Mole, Surrey, a river, part of whose course runs underground in dry weather
    • River Mole, Bedfordshire
    • River Mole, Devon
    • Molehill (or mole-hill), a conical pile of soil pushed up at intervals by moles or other burrowing animals when digging burrows, especially beneath grassland or lawns
    • Moleskin, originally the skin of a mole, but later a heavy, soft, durable cotton fabric, or clothing made from this

Mole may also refer to:

  • Mole (unit), the SI unit (symbol mol) used in chemistry for the amount of a particular substance
  • Mole (sauce), a Mexican sauce made from chili peppers and other spices, including chocolate
  • Mole, a melanocytic nevus, a small area of skin, sometimes raised, with darker pigment
  • Mole (architecture), a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, jetty, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water
  • Mole Antonelliana, a major landmark in Turin
  • Mole wrench, a generic term in the UK for vice-grips or lock-jaw pliers, named after a trade name for such tools
  • Hydatidiform mole, a medical condition
  • Type 33 Mole aircraft, the Beriev Be-8

Mole in culture: