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star-nosed mole

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star-nosed mole

[stahr-nohzd]
–noun
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.


Origin:
1820–30, Americanism
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star-nosed mole   (stär'nōzd')   
n.  A mole (Condylura cristata) of North America, having 22 small fleshy tentacles encircling the end of its nose in a starlike pattern.
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