star-nosed mole

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star-nosed mole - 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]

star-nosed mole - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]