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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 (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, 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.

Mole"but (?), n. (Zoöl.)
The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola).
[Written also molebat.]

Mole"cast` (?), n.

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