Other Common Meanings
- Mole (unit), the SI unit (symbol mol) used in chemistry for the amount of a substance
- Mole or melanocytic nevus, a benign tumor on human skin, usually with darker pigment
- Mole (sauce), a Mexican sauce made from chili peppers, other spices, and chocolate
- Mole (espionage), a spy who has worked his or her way into an organization or country
- Mole (architecture), a pier, jetty, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water
- Variant spelling of Moll (slang) in Australian
- Hydatidiform mole, an abnormal form of pregnancy
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