Adjective
Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).
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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.
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.
'Oh, yes,' said the mole. 'We're definitely moles. We're very moley indeed. Isn't that right, Rolf the Mole?'
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The first and most effective way was using the Professional Mole Man, who would walk your fields and drop strychnine-laced worms into the subterranean mole runs that connect each of their hills together (this method is now banned in the EU). It was pretty much instantaneous, and by the end of the day you would be rid of your moley problem.
Having numerous moles (naevi)
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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.
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.
You are a little moley on your stomach.
Noun
A kind of coconut curry from Madras.
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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.