Mole
in zoölogy, the genus Talpa, and specially T. europea, the common mole, about six inches in length (including ing the tail, rather more than an inch) the body is cylindrical, muzzle long and pointed, eyes minute; no ear conches; the fore-feet broad and fossorial, hind-feet long and narrow. Fur, black, soft and velvety with grayish tinge. The normal food of the mole is the earthworm. Geographical range, from England to Japan. Moles, the family Talpidæ. In husbandry, a cylindrical plug of iron three or four inches in diameter, and with a sharp point, drawn or driven through the subsoil to make a drain. MOLECH (mo'lek), or MOLOCH (mo'lok), a heathen deity chiefly mentioned in the Old Testament as the national god of the Ammonites, to whom children were sacrificed by fire.