star-nosed mole

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

star-nosed mole
    n 1: amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy
         tentacles around the nose [syn: {starnose mole}, {star-
         nosed mole}, {Condylura cristata}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Starnose \Star"nose`\ (st[aum]r"n[=o]z`), n. (Zool.)
   A curious American mole ({Condylura cristata}) having the
   nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also
   {star-nosed mole}.
   [1913 Webster]

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