Definition of "water-mole" [water-mole]

• A desman; a member of the genus Myogale. See cut under desman. (noun)
• The duck-mole, or duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus paradoxus. See cut under duckbill. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The water-mole also abounds in all the rivers and ponds."
• "The guest had little difficulty, in recognising the uncouth form of the ornithorhynchus, or water-mole; but he turned with yet more eagerness, towards the spot, whence that shot had proceeded."
• "There is no danger of my obtaining her, "he added, with a grim smile," for he hates me like a water-mole."