Mole (disambiguation)

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Mole may refer to:

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  • Mole, those of the burrowing insectivorous mammals in the family Talpidae which have short velvety fur and enlarged front limbs; the original burrowing moles
  • Mole (espionage), a spy buried secretly within an organization or country
  • Mole (unit), the SI unit (symbol mol) used in chemistry for the amount of a substance

[edit] Animals

Unrelated Animals also Called Moles

  • Golden mole, burrowing insectivorous mammals in the family Chrysochloridae, not closely related to true moles
  • Marsupial mole, burrowing insectivorous marsupial mammals in the order Notoryctemorphia, not closely related to true moles.
  • Duck Mole, the platypus.

Used as a modifier, means “mole-like”

Used as a modifier, “mole-like” = "subterranean"

[edit] Things relating to animal moles

  • 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 plant or caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris), a plant said to keep away moles

[edit] Other underground things named after animal moles

  • Mole plough or subsoiler, a deep plough for cutting buried drainage channels under wet farmland, or breaking up compacted soil
  • Mole, a tunnel boring machine
  • Mole people (urban legend), people supposed to live in organised societies in urban tunnel systems
  • Whac-A-Mole, a mechanical arcade game in which model moles pop up out of holes and must be hit with a mallet

[edit] General

  • Mole (skin marking) or melanocytic nevus, a small, sometimes raised area of skin, usually with darker pigment
  • Mole Day, an unofficial holiday, its date and time derived from the number of molecules in a chemical mole
  • Mole (sauce), a Mexican sauce made from chilli peppers and other spices, including chocolate
  • Mole (architecture), a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, jetty, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water
  • Mole wrench or mole grips, locking pliers, named after a trade name for such tools
  • Hydatidiform mole, an abnormal form of pregnancy, where the uterus contains an anomalous growth instead of a viable embryo
  • Type 33 Mole aircraft, the Beriev Be-8
  • Mole or Mole-Richardson, a stage and motion picture lighting manufacturing company
  • Maria-mole, a dessert popular in Brazil, similar to marshmallow

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[edit] People

  • Chris Mole (Christopher David Mole, born 1958), UK Labour Member of Parliament
  • Fenton Mole (born 1925), American baseball player
  • Jamie Mole (born 1988), an English professional footballer
  • Miff Mole, (Irving Milfred Mole, 1898–1961), American jazz trombonist and band leader
  • The Mole (MC/producer) (Jonah Mociun), underground hip hop personality

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