. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... wn or driven through the sub-soil to make a drnin. mole-amblyStoma, s. Zoul. : A iJiiled amphibian {Amhlystomntalpoidea), family Amblystomidfp, from theislands on the coast of South Carolina. mole-but, s. Ichthy. : A popular name for OrthagoTHscvsmola, the Short bun-fish. Common round theBritish coasts. They generally appear floatingon one side, presenting the broad surface of
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... wn or driven through the sub-soil to make a drnin. mole-amblyStoma, s. Zoul. : A iJiiled amphibian {Amhlystomntalpoidea), family Amblystomidfp, from theislands on the coast of South Carolina. mole-but, s. Ichthy. : A popular name for OrthagoTHscvsmola, the Short bun-fish. Common round theBritish coasts. They generally appear floatingon one side, presenting the broad surface ofthe other to view. (Iorreii.) molo-cast, s. The mould thrown up bya mole ; a mole-hill. In «irlnijji-t tlip muJe-rtuUhc Bpread, Iw-cauae they molc-catchcr, «. One whose occupa*tiun is to Ciitch niolea. • Oft moutecatchT cunningly moule for to litUTow Aiid coitl abiwd evfry lillL Tuutr: iJiubandric. mole-crloket, s. Entom. : Any individual of tho genus Gryl-lotaliia (i-v,), especially GrijUotnlpa vulgai is,which may be It Is about nnlong, d a r !clour. In * A strong nn-moles, the tibiseployed in di tjiken as a and a halfbrown in co-fore legs, therenlogy with the,ie parts em-ging) being. flattenedto the axis oft^ rmiiuited tho mole-cognizable bythe vegetatnm, withered,being ejittU oil by the insect in its burrowuigopenitious—not for food, as ita diet is chiefly transverselythe body, andfour linger-like^inils infestedcricket are re-the colour nfwhich is y«dlowfrom th< underground inHt^rts and worms. It flies OC-c; in the evenm;:, and its strldulationproduces a note somewliat like that of thoGoat-sucker. The larva;, when first hatched,are white, and they are said to be three yearsin arriving at maturity. mole-eyed, a. Having very sm&ll eyes; having inipeiiuct vision. mole-hill, s. A little hill or hillock ofmould thrown u]i by a. mole when burruwitigunderground ; hence, fluratively used for anyvery small h
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