Labour of Moles, A: The Cahier Series 17 (The Cahiers Series)

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Molehills: Molehills are the characteristic and easy to recognise field sign to record the presence of moles.

Moles? What is Collective Noun For Moles?

The term ‘a shrewdness of apes’ was coined in 1486, at a time when scientists wouldn’t have attributed to apes the cognitive ability we now recognise in their brains and habits. The most common of the three indigenous species is the green woodpecker which descends to the ground more frequently than the great spotted and lesser spotted, swoops down from great heights on ants from the top of one tree to the base of another as well as moves backwards down the trunk with its head uppermost. There are various animal collective nouns that you're probably already familiar with such as ‘a flock of sheep’ or ‘swarm of bees’, but there are also an astonishing number of intriguing animal collective nouns that you may not have heard of before. Its short, deep bill, when it’s feeding, emits its renowned singing with a low-pitched short whistle or fluted 'phu' note: a distinct, continuous 'pipping' sound. They contain aluminium phosphide and are inserted in the mole tunnels, where they turn into phosphine gas (not be confused with phosgene gas).

Other collective nouns include a trace, down, bevy, fluffle, wrack, bury, drove, flick, husk, leash, trip, vice, nest and a kindle. To avoid drawing attention to themselves, they favor dark clothing and sunglasses and are the first people to volunteer for the graveyard shift. Though people love these fascinating and often beautiful fish, the sharp (sometimes lethal) slap of their tentacles is better avoided. Moles have polydactyl forepaws: each has an extra thumb (also known as a prepollex) next to the regular thumb. One mole, 1 mol, of a substance is defined as: the Avogadro constant number of particles (which is 6.

Labour of Moles, A: The Cahier Series 17 (The Cahiers Series)

It's also beautifully presented in the Cahiers-series edition, with striking illustrations that take line drawings from an early twentieth century Bilderwörterbuch (a 'picture-dictionary') and cut, color, and collage them. A sounder or drift of swine, a trip of swine, a doylt of swine, a herd of pigs, a flock of pigs, a drift (when driven), or parcel of hogs, a sounder of boars.

Other collective nouns include a trace (referring to their footprints in the snow), a band, trip, huske, leap, warren, mute, flick, down, herd and a kindle.

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It was again used during the disturbances leading to the Pilgrimage of Grace 1535–7 but this time was applied by the rebels to Henry VIII.The term ‘a crash of rhinoceroses’ refers to the fact that while a rhino can run up to 30 miles per hour it can only see 30 feet ahead. This is to ensure that new development doesn’t come at the cost of safe, sustainable and habitable environments. A Labour of Moles is a quest tale of sorts -- philosophical sorts, among others: as the narrator notes at one point: "Dimly, I remembered a house in the suburbs, a seat in a bay window and a boy reading a book about the great philosophers of antiquity. Moles are considered agricultural pests in some countries, while in others, such as Germany, they are a protected species, but may be killed with a permit. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.

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The connotation is stronger still in reference to their purposeful marching gait and their ceaseless laying waste of the vegetation that they feed on. While they may not be the most well-known or glamorous animals, moles are fascinating creatures with a range of unique adaptations and behaviours.They do tend to stay away from areas with acidic soil, high moors and mountainous areas, though, according to The Young People’s Trust for the Environment (opens in new tab) (YPTE). Other humane options are also possible including humane traps that capture the mole alive so it may be transported elsewhere. There are currently around 5,400 mammal species worldwide including bats, whales, dolphins, and porpoises. By the era of Early Modern English, the mole was also known in English as mouldywarp or mouldiwarp, [i] a word having cognates in other Germanic languages such as German ( Maulwurf), [7] and Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic ( muldvarp, moldvarp, mullvad, moldvarpa), where muld/mull/mold refers to soil and varp/vad/varpa refers to throwing, hence "one who throws soil" or "dirt-tosser".