Mole (or Molé) may refer to:

Animals

* Mole (animal) or "true mole", mammals in the family Talpidae, found in Eurasia and North America *

Golden mole Golden moles are small insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. They comprise the family Chrysochloridae and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, family Talpidae, and other mole-like families, all ...

s, southern African mammals in the family Chrysochloridae, similar to but unrelated to Talpidae moles * Marsupial moles, Australian mammals in the family Notoryctidae, similar to but unrelated to Talpidae moles

Other common meanings

* Mole, colloquial name for a nevus, a growth on human skin ** Melanocytic nevus, another term for mole * Mole (architecture), a pier, jetty, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water * Mole (espionage), a spy who inserts himself into an organisation in order to spy on it. * Mole (sauce), Mexican sauce made from chili peppers, often including fruits, other spices, or chocolate

Arts and entertainment

Adrian Mole Adrian Albert Mole is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. The character first appeared (as "Nigel") as part of a comic diary featured in a short-lived arts magazine (called simply ''magazine'') publi ...

, the central character in a series of novels by Sue Townsend * Mole, a main character in the children's novel '' The Wind in the Willows'' by Kenneth Grahame *

Mole (Zdeněk Miler character) Mole ( Czech: ''Krtek'', ''Krteček'') is an animated character in a series of cartoons created by Czech animator Zdeněk Miler. The premiere of the first short film with Mole took place at the Venice Film Festival in 1957. Since its inception, ...

, a Czech animated character *

Monty Mole ''Wanted: Monty Mole'' is a platform video game published in July 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers. It is the first game released by Gremlin Graphics and the first game in the ''Monty Mole'' series. Monty Mole is a f ...

, a video game character * Morocco Mole,

Secret Squirrel ''Secret Squirrel'' is a cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera and also the name of his segment in '' The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'', which debuted in 1965. He was given his own show in 1966, titled ''The Secret Squirrel Show'', but was ...

's sidekick * The Mole, a character in ''

Happy Tree Friends ''Happy Tree Friends'' is an American adult animated web series created by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, and Kenn Navarro, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Jeremy Viet Duong for Mondo Media. The show had achieved a cult following o ...

'' * The Mole, a criminal in Dick Tracy comic strips * ''

El Topo ''El Topo'' (, "The Mole") is a 1970 Mexican acid Western art film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of ...

'' (''The Mole''), a 1970 film * ''De Mol'' (TV series), a reality television show * "The Mole," a single by Harry James

Science and technology

* Mole (unit), the SI unit for the amount of substance *

Tunnel boring machine A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. They may also be used for microtunneling. They can be designed to bore thro ...

, sometimes called a mole * "the mole", nickname of a burrowing probe in the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package which was sent to Mars

People

Mole (surname) Mole is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Mole (1886–1962), British architect * Chris Mole (born 1958), UK Labour Member of Parliament * Fenton Mole (1925–2017), American baseball player * Jamie Mole (born 1988), ...

Molé Molé is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781–1855), French statesman * Mathieu Molé (1584–1656), French statesman See also * Mole (surname) {{surname Surnames of French origin ...

, a French surname

Places

Australia

Mole River (New South Wales) The Mole River, a watercourse that is one of the Border Rivers and part of the Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Sourced from ...

Mole Creek Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. Mole Creek is well known for its honey and accounts for about 35 percent of Tasmania's honey production. The locality is in the Meander Valley Cou ...

(Tasmania)

England

River Mole The River Mole is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flows northwest through Surrey for to the Thames at Hampton Court Palace. The river gives its name to the Surrey district ...

, Surrey *

River Mole, Devon The River Mole a tributary of the River Taw in Devon which rises on the southwestern border of Exmoor. The river takes its name from the market towns of North and South Molton. The river used to be known as the Nymet. Tributaries *River Yeo ...

France

La Môle La Mole (; oc, La Mòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ...

, a commune of the ''Var Département'' *

Le Môle Le Môle is a mountain of the Chablais Alps in the Haute-Savoie department of France which dominates the area around the town of Bonneville. The communes of Ayze, La Tour, Saint-Jean-de-Tholome, Marignier, Saint-Jeoire-en-Faucigny, Viuz-en ...

, a mountain peak in the French Alps

Ghana

* Mole River, a tributary of the White Volta *

Mole National Park Mole National Park is Ghana's largest wildlife refuge. The park is located in the Savannah region of Ghana on savanna and riparian ecosystems at an elevation of 50 m, with a sharp escarpment forming the southern boundary of the park. The park ...

, named after the Mole River

India

* Mole, a village in

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

state * Mole, Karnataka, a village in Karnataka state

Other uses

* "Mole", NATO reporting name for the

Beriev Be-8 The Beriev Be-8 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 33", NATO reporting name "Mole"), was built by the Soviet Beriev OKB in 1947. It was a passenger/liaison amphibian aircraft with a layout similar to the Be-4 but substantially larger and heavier. It ...

, a Soviet amphibious aircraft * "mole", informal name of

Cultivator No. 6 Cultivator No. 6 was the code name of a military trench-digging machine developed by the British Royal Navy at the beginning of World War II. The machine was originally known as White Rabbit Number Six; this code name was never officially recog ...

, a trench-digging machine of World War II *

Mole-Richardson Mole-Richardson, also known as Mole, is an American stage lighting instrument and motion picture lighting manufacturing company originally based in Hollywood, California. The company was started in 1927 by Italian immigrant Pietro "Peter" Mule (cha ...

or Mole, a stage and motion picture lighting manufacturing company *

Moll (slang) Moll/Mole/Molly is a slang term with two different meanings in two places: *In the United States, an archaic term for a gangster's girlfriend. See gun moll. *In Australia and New Zealand, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for a woman of loos ...

, sometimes spelled mole in Australian English