Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leading genus of the family Talpidæ, formerly used for all the moles then known, now restricted to about 6 Old World species which, like the common mole of Europe, T. europæa, have forty-four teeth, with three incisors, one canine, four premolars, and three molars above and below on each side. The American moles are all of different genera (Scalops, Scapanus, and Condylura).
- noun [lowercase] In pathology, a tumor under the skin, especially a wen on the head: so called because it is vulgarly supposed to burrow like a mole. Also called
testudo . - noun [lowercase] A military engine used in sieges for undermining walls: probably only a roof or movable penthouse used to protect the miners from missiles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.
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The endemic frogs include Limnodynastes depressus, Litoria cavernicola, L. splendida, Uperoleia aspera, U. minima, U. crassa, U. marmorata, U. mjobergi, U. talpa and U. variegata.
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Thus, while the field-cricket delights in sunny dry banks, and the house-cricket rejoices amidst the glowing heat of the kitchen hearth or oven, the _gryllus gryllo talpa_ (the mole - cricket), haunts moist meadows, and frequents the sides of ponds and banks of streams, performing all its functions in a swampy wet soil.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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Continuano le indagini sul nostro sito per capire ma soprattutto smascherare questa talpa.
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