Tāl'pā, n.
n. [Lat., mole.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of small quadrupeds; the mole. 2. (Surg.) A kind of tumor upon the head; — so called because it is vulgarly supposed to burrow like a mole.
n. [Lat., mole.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of small quadrupeds; the mole. 2. (Surg.) A kind of tumor upon the head; — so called because it is vulgarly supposed to burrow like a mole.