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moley

moley adjective: pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).

Adjective

moley (comparative more moley, superlative most moley)

  1. Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).
    • Although the snouts of moles twitch less than those of shrews, particularly elephant shrews, Dobson was enamoured of what he considered the more “moley” twitching of the snouts of moles.2008, Frank Key, Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags, page 215
    • Happily for him, Fallowlees is a moley paradise. Moles have long been a fascination of Bill's, and he can often be found staring longingly at a molehill.2012, Emma Gray, One Girl And Her Dogs
  2. Having numerous moles (naevi)
    • Scalp naevi in children may be an early sign of being 'moley'. Patients with many moles tend to have a 'signature naevus'—i.e^([sic]) all their moles follow a pattern that is characteristic for that patient.2010, Susan Burge, Dinny Wallis, Oxford Handbook of Medical Dermatology, page 322
    • Furthermore, not only are melanoma-prone family members unusually moley; in addition , the moles themselves comprise a unique clinicopathologic entity, a class of melanocytic lesions which are unusually susceptible to malignant transformation.2012, Richard P. Gallagher, Epidemiology of Malignant Melanoma, page 151

Noun

moley (countable and uncountable, plural moleys)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of coconut curry from Madras.
    • A moley is a dish that is very well known and much liked in all curry-eating countries; the recipe we give is for moley as prepared in Ceylon.1896, Lizzie Heritage, Cassell's new universal cookery book, page 521

Forms of moley

Adjective
comparativemore moley
superlativemost moley
Noun
pluralmoleys

Origin of moley

From mole + -y.

From Malay.

Phrases with moley

Questions about moley

What does moley mean?
Moley means pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).
What part of speech is moley?
Moley can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near moley in the dictionary

  1. molewarp
  2. molewarps
  3. Molex connector
  4. Molex connectors
  5. Molex to SATA, lose all your data
  6. moley
  7. moleys
  8. molfile
  9. molfiles
  10. molgophid
  11. molgophids

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