моль — meaning in English

English meaning

• mole noun A small, raised, often dark spot on the skin.
• moth noun A flying insect related to the butterfly, usually active at night and less colorful, with feathery antennae.

Senses

моль is used for these senses in English:

• clothes moth Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).
• common clothes moth Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.
• mole (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]
• moth Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

mole — full definition

1. noun A small, raised, often dark spot on the skin.
2. noun A small burrowing mammal with tiny eyes and large digging paws.
3. noun A spy who has secretly infiltrated an organization to pass on its secrets.
4. noun (chemistry) The standard unit for measuring an amount of a substance.

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