mouldwarp

/ˈməʊldwɔːp/

mouldwarp means A mole, Talpa europea.

mouldwarp is pronounced /ˈməʊldwɔːp/.

Etymology

From Middle English moldewarpe, moldewarp, moldewerp, (also molwarpe, molewarpe), from Old English *moldeweorpe, ("mole"; literally "earth-thrower"; compare Old English wandeweorpe (“mole”)), from Proto-Germanic *muldawurpiz (“earth-thrower, mole”), equivalent to mould + warp. Cognate with Scots malwart, modewarp (“mole”), Dutch molworp (“mole”), Low German mulworp, molworm (“mole”), German Maulwurf (“mole”), Danish muldvarp (“mole”), Swedish mullvad (“mole”), Icelandic moldvarpa (“mole”).

noun

A mole, Talpa europea.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

moudiewort 72% match — A mole (the animal). vs mouldwarp →
talpicide 63% match — The killing of moles. vs mouldwarp →
moler 60% match — Synonym of molecatcher (“one who catches moles”). vs mouldwarp →
molehill 59% match — A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground. vs mouldwarp →
zandmole 59% match — The sand mole or coast rat (Bathyergus suillus) vs mouldwarp →
molecatching 57% match — The trapping and killing of moles. vs mouldwarp →
muckworm 57% match — A larva living in mud or manure. vs mouldwarp →
wormul 56% match — warble fly vs mouldwarp →