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starnose 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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starnose mole

noun
amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose 
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