mole Copy link Outline I. A mound or massive work1. mōles, is, f. (any massive pile)2. pīla (rare)3. agger v. MOUND.II. A mark on the bodyIII. The animal • mole: I. A mound or massive work: 1. mōles, is, f. (any massive pile): m.s thrown out into the sea, jactae in altum m., Hor. Od. 3, 1., 34: often of dams, breakwaters: cf. Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14, oppositae fluctibus m.: Caes. 2. pīla (rare): Virg. Aen. 9, 711. 3. agger v. mound. II. A mark on the body: naevus: Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79: Hor. Dimin. naevulus, Gell. III. The animal: talpa, ae, f. (rarely m., Virg. G. 1, 183): Cic.: Plin. (Talpa vulgaris, Linn.)