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talpa
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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(TAL-puh)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A mole (the animal).
2. A cyst.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin talpa (mole). Earliest documented use: 1684.

NOTES:

Because a mole burrows under the earth, the word came to be applied to a growth under the skin: a cyst or a tumor. The other mole, an over-the-skin pigmented spot, is from Old English mal (a spot), though the word talpa is also sometimes used as a synonym for this mole.

USAGE:

“Damon; Do te know... that a talpa on the neck means you’ll be wealthy?”
L. J. Smith; The Vampire Diaries; 1991-2014.

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