golden mole

1. 1.

   mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur

   Broadermole

   Part ofChrysochloris

Questions about golden mole

What does golden mole mean?

golden mole means "mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur".

Is golden mole a common word?

golden mole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.