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☆ star·-nosed· mole (-nōzd′)

a brownish-black, long-tailed, North American mole (Condylura cristata) having a ring of fleshy tentacles around its nose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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