Mole

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1. Noun

A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

2. Noun

A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

3. Noun

A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

4. Noun

A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

5. Noun

Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

6. Noun

A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

7. Verb

To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

8. Verb

To clear of molehills.

9. Noun

a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
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10. Noun

small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
Vocabulary classified under Biology

11. Noun

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
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