water mole
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
water mole (plural water moles)
- (archaic) A shrew mole.
- (archaic)platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
- Synonym: duck mole
- A desman (Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus).
References
- “water mole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.