Mole (or Molé) may refer to:

Animals

Mole (animal) Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. 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 ...

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, a ...

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 Nevus (plural nevi) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion of the skin or mucosa. The term originates from ''nævus'', which is Latin for "birthmark"; however, a nevus can be either congenital (present at bi ...

, a growth on human skin **

Melanocytic nevus A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus and commonly as a mole) is a type of melanocytic tumor that contains nevus cells. Some sources equate the term mole with "melanocytic nevus", but there are also sources that equ ...

, another term for 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. The word comes from Middle French ''mole'', ultimately from Latin ''mōlēs'', meaning a large mass, especially of roc ...

, a pier, jetty, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water *

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

, a spy who inserts himself into an organisation in order to spy on it. *

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 amarillito ( ...

, 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 ''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 gets ...

'' by Kenneth Grahame * Mole (Zdeněk Miler character), a Czech animated character * Monty Mole, a video game character * Morocco Mole, Secret Squirrel's sidekick * The Mole, a character in '' Happy Tree Friends'' * The Mole, a criminal in

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (character), Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''De ...

comic strips * '' El Topo'' (''The Mole''), a 1970 film * ''De Mol'' (TV series), a reality television show * "The Mole," a single 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 from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized ...

Science and technology

Mole (unit) The mole, symbol mol, is the unit of amount of substance in the International System of Units (SI). The quantity amount of substance is a measure of how many elementary entities of a given substance are in an object or sample. The mole is defi ...

, 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 throu ...

, 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), En ...

Molé Molé is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781–1855), French statesman * Mathieu Molé Mathieu Molé (1584 – 3 January 1656) was a French statesman. Biography The son of Edouard M ...

, 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 Coun ...

(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 distr ...

, 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 Molton, North and South Molton. The river used to be known as the Nymet. Tributarie ...

France

La Môle La Mole (; oc, La Mòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of ...

, 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 The White Volta or Nakambé is the headstream of the Volta River, Ghana's main waterway. The White Volta emerges in northern Burkina Faso, flows through North Ghana and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana. The White Volta's main tributaries are t ...

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 par ...

, 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 t ...

state *

Mole, Karnataka Mole is a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Or ...

, a village in Karnataka state

Other uses

* "Mole", NATO reporting name for the Beriev Be-8, a Soviet amphibious aircraft * "mole", informal name of Cultivator No. 6, 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 loose ...

, sometimes spelled mole in Australian English