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(en noun)

A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.

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Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.

Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.

A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines

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A moll, a bitch, a slut.

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(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water. mole (accessed: March 30, 2007)

* 1847 — George A. Fisk, A pastor's memorial of the holy land

[Alexander the Great] then conceived the stupendous idea of constructing a mole , which should at once connect [Tyre] with the main land; and this was actually accomplished by driving piles and pouring in incalculable quantities of soil and fragments of rock; and it is generally believed, partly on the authority of ancient authors, that the whole ruins of Old Tyre were absorbed in this vast enterprize, and buried in the depths of the sea [...]

* 1983 — Archibald Lyall, Arthur Norman Brangham, The companion guide to the south of France

[about Saint-Tropez] Yachts and fishing boats fill the little square of water, which is surrounded on two sides by quays, on the third by a small ship-repairing yard and on the fourth by the mole where the fishing boats moor and the nets are spread out to dry.

(rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

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(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg]] of . Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as [[Avogadro's number, Avogadro’s number

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A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

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One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts. mole (accessed: March 30, 2007)

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A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

A bite by an insect.

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

(botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.

The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

* Shakespeare

the lurking serpent's mortal sting

(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.

A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.

A brief sequence of music used in films, TV as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene. In certain videogames stings are used to predict immediate future actions or to illustrate a current tension or mood.

A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

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(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.

* Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 56

The sting of death is sin.

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A goad; incitement.

(Shakespeare)

The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.