mole - Definition | Dictionary definition of mole

Definition of mole

the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Type of:: metric weight unit, weight unit
a decimal unit of weight based on the gram

a spy who works against enemy espionage

Type of:: spy, undercover agent
(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

spicy sauce often containing chocolate

Type of:: sauce
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

Type of:: blemish, defect, mar
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Condylura cristata, star-nosed mole, starnose mole
amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose; Parascalops breweri, brewer's mole, hair-tailed mole
mole of eastern North America; golden mole
mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur; shrew mole
slender mole having a long snout and tail; Asiatic shrew mole, Uropsilus soricipes
shrew mole of eastern Asia; American shrew mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii
greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada