noun
mole
A small mammal that tunnels unseen below the ground.
A mole digs a tunnel beneath the soft garden soil.
Etymology
The Middle English animal-name continues in the modern word for the underground mammal. Its deeper ancestry is uncertain, so no more specific original image can be confidently supplied.
More examples
- Moles use their broad front feet to dig.
- The mole searches underground for worms.
- Fresh piles of dirt show where a mole has been digging.
Forms
mole · moles
molehill noun — A small mound of earth a mole raises.