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2. A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains. [U.S.]
Duck mole. See under Duck. — Golden mole. See Chrysochlore. — Mole cricket (Zoöl.), 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 and the American are the best known. — Mole rat (Zoöl.), 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
(Zoöl.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp. B. brevicauda.
— Water mole, the duck mole.
Mole
(Mole), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Moling.]
1. To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.
2. To clear of molehills. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
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