in zoology. See Talpa.

MOLE CRICKET. See Gryllus.

in midwifery, a mass of fleshly matter, of a spherical figure, generated in the uterus, or womb, and sometimes mistaken for a child. See MIDWIFERY.

in geography, a river in Surry, so called from its running, for part of its course, under ground.

is also a massive work of large stones laid in the sea by means of cofferdams; extending before a port, either to defend the harbour from the impetuosity of the waves, or to prevent the passage of ships without leave.

ACTION OF MOLESTATION, in Scots law. See Law, Tit. xxx. 19.

MOLLUGO, in botany, a genus of the triandra trigynia clasps. The calyx consists of five leaves; the corolla is wanting; and the capsule has three cells and three valves. There are five species, none of them natives of Britain.