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talpa

/ˈtælpə/

talpa noun: an encysted tumour on the head; a wen.

Noun

talpa (plural talpae)

  1. (obsolete) An encysted tumour on the head; a wen.

Proper noun capitalized: Talpa

Talpa

  1. A settlement in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States.

talpa meaning in Tamil

talpa in Tamil

தெப்பம்

Forms of talpa

pluraltalpae

Origin of talpa

Inherited from Middle English talpa, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of taupe.

Words that rhyme with talpa

Questions about talpa

What does talpa mean?
Talpa means an encysted tumour on the head; a wen.
What is talpa in Tamil?
Talpa in Tamil is தெப்பம். See Talpa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is talpa?
Talpa can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce talpa?
Talpa is pronounced /ˈtælpə/.
What is the plural of talpa?
The plural of talpa is talpae.

Words near talpa in the dictionary

  1. talotarsal
  2. talotibial
  3. Taloumbi
  4. Taloy Norte
  5. Taloy Sur
  6. talpa
  7. talpacoti
  8. talpacotis
  9. talpae
  10. talpicide
  11. talpid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: talpa (page history and authors); Talpa (page history and authors); talpa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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