molecatcher

One whose occupation is to catch moles. "Get moulecatcher cunningly moule for to kill, And harrow and cast abroad every hill." mole-cricket, s. Tu er: Husbandrie. Entom .: Any individual of the genus Gryllotalpa (q. v.), especially Gryllotalpa vulgar is , which may be taken as a type. It is about an inch and a half long, dark brown in color. In the fore legs there is a strong analogy with the moles, the tibise (the parts employed in digging) being flattened transversely to the axis of the body, and terminated by four finger-like proce abande infested by the vegetation which is yellow and withered, from the roots being eaten off by the insect in its burrowing operations-not for food, as its diet is chiefly underground insects and worms. It flies occasionally in the evening, and its stridulation produces a note *mōle (2), s. [Lat. mola ( salsa )=the (salt) cake somewhat like that of the Goat-sucker. Thelarve, used in sacrifices.] A cake used in sacrifices. "She with the mole all in her handes devoute Stode neare the aulter." Surrey: Virgil's Æneid, iv. mōle (3), s . [Lat. mola a false conception.] Med. Juris., Physiol ., .: A shapele ma of fleshy substance in the uterus. Moles are of two kinds: (1) True, enveloped in a membrane, generally filled with blood, though occasionally dry. On cutting into the true mole, parts resembling an imperfect fœtus will be observed. It is always the result of conception. (2) False, a term applied to the coagula which sometimes accompany menstruation. They are not the products of conception, nor have the enveloping membrane or the fleshy texture of the true mole. when first hatched, are white, and they are said to be three years in arriving at maturity.