star-nosed mole

star-nosed mole
noun
amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose
• Hypernyms: ↑mole

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ noun also starnose \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\
: a common black long-tailed semiaquatic No. American mole (Condylura cristata) distinguished by a series of pink fleshy projections surrounding the nostrils

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/stahr"nohzd'/
a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
Also, starnose mole. Also called starnose.
[1820-30, Amer.]

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star-nosed mole noun
A N American aquatic mole (Condylura cristata) with a starlike fringe of sensory tentacles around its nose
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Main Entry: ↑star

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star-nosed mole «STAHR NOHZD»,
a mole of eastern North America that has a star-shaped circle of small, fleshy processes at the end of its nose.

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n. a mole with a number of fleshy radiating tentacles around its nostrils, native to northeastern North America. ● Condylura cristata, family Talpidae

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  • star-nosed mole — ☆ star nosed mole [stär′nōzd΄ ] n. a brownish black, long tailed, North American mole (Condylura cristata) having a ring of fleshy tentacles around its nose …   English World dictionary

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  • star-nosed mole — star′ nosed (or star′nose) mole′ n. mam a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout Also called star′nose . Etymology: 1820–30, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • star-nosed mole — /stahr nohzd / a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout. Also, starnose mole. Also called starnose. [1820 30, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • star-nosed mole — noun Date: 1826 a common black long tailed semiaquatic mole (Condylura cristata) of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada that has a series of pink fleshy projections surrounding the nostrils …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • star-nosed mole — noun a species of mole, Condylura cristata, identified by the appendaged ring around the snout …   Wiktionary

  • star-nosed — /ˈsta noʊzd/ (say stah nohzd) adjective having a starlike ring of small, fleshy radiating processes about the end of the snout, as an American mole, Condylura cristata …  

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