mole
Meaning
A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
Synonyms
Arvicola
Talpa micrura
genus Rhizomys
common mole
projecting pier
mold-warp
moldwerp
molworp
Northern mole
slepper
beauty-spot
taupe
topo
Maulwurf
mol
talpa
toupeira
talpa
ασπάλακας
talpFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/məʊl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl (“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-West Germanic *mail, from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“spot, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-, *my- (“to soil, sully”). Cognate with Scots mail (“spot, stain”), Saterland Frisian Moal (“scar”), German dialectal Meil (“spot, stain, blemish”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail, “spot, blemish”).
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