Mole (or Molé) may refer to:

Animals

Mole (animal) Moles are small, fossorial, subterranean mammals. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The word "mole" most c ...

or "true mole" *

Golden mole Golden moles are small insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. They comprise the family Chrysochloridae (the only family in the suborder Chrysochloridea) and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, f ...

, southern African mammals *

Marsupial mole Marsupial moles, the Notoryctidae family, are two species of highly specialized marsupial mammals that are found in the Australian interior. They are small burrowing marsupials that anatomically converge on fossorial placental mammals, such as ...

, Australian mammals

Other common meanings

Nevus Nevus () is a nonspecific medical terminology, medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic (medicine), chronic lesion of the skin or mucosa. The term originates from , which is Latin for "birthmark"; however, a nevus can be either cong ...

, a growth on human skin **

Melanocytic nevus A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus, and commonly as a mole) is usually a Malignancy, noncancerous condition of pigment-producing Human skin, skin cells. It is a type of melanocytic tumor that contains nevus cell ...

, a specific type of mole *

Mole (architecture) A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway separating two bodies of water. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top of it that resembles a wooden pier. The defining feature of a mole, ho ...

, a structure separating bodies of water *

Mole (espionage) In espionage jargon, a mole (also called a "penetration agent", "deep cover agent", "illegal" or " sleeper agent") is a long-term spy (espionage agent) who is recruited before having access to secret intelligence, subsequently managing to get in ...

, a spy in an organisation *

Mole (sauce) Mole (; from Nahuatl ''mōlli'', ), meaning 'sauce', is a traditional sauce and marinade originally used in Mexican cuisine. In contemporary Mexico the term is used for a number of sauces, some quite dissimilar, including ''mole amarillo'' or '' ...

, a traditional Mexican food which can be a sauce or marinade * An abnormal mass within the uterus; see molar pregnancy

Arts and entertainment

* Mole, in the novel ''

The Wind in the Willows ''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and get ...

'' by Kenneth Grahame * Mole (Zdeněk Miler character) * The Mole, in '' Happy Tree Friends'' * The Mole, a criminal in

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the '' Detroit Mirror'', and was distributed by the Chicago T ...

comic strips * '' El Topo'' (''The Mole''), a 1970 film * ''De Mol'' (TV series) * "The Mole", a song by

Harry James Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947, but ...

Science and technology

Mole (unit) The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for ''amount of substance'', an SI base quantity proportional to the number of elementary entities of a substance. One mole is an aggregate ...

, the SI unit for the amount of substance *

Tunnel boring machine A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm", is a machine used to excavate tunnels. TBMs are an alternative to drilling and blasting methods and "hand mining", allowing more rapid excavation through hard rock, wet or dry so ...

* Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package, a burrowing probe sent to Mars

People

* Mole (surname) * Molé, a French surname

Places

Australia

* Mole River (New South Wales) * Mole Creek (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 north-west through Surrey for to the Thames at Hampton Court Palace. The river gives its name to the Surrey district ...

, Surrey * River Mole, Devon

France

* La Môle, a commune, ''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 ...

, an Alp mountain

Ghana

* Mole National Park

India

* Mole, Karnataka, a village

Myanmar

* Mole, Shwegu, a village

Other uses

* "Mole", NATO term for the Soviet aircraft

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 ...

* Cultivator No. 6, WWII trench-digger, nickname * Mole-Richardson or Mole, lighting company * Moll (slang), or mole