The Collaborative International Dictionary
Talpa \Tal"pa\, n. [L., mole.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.
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Talpa is a genus in the mole family Talpidae. Among the first taxa in science, Carolus Linnaeus used the Latin word for "moles", talpa, in his Regnum Animale to refer to the commonly known European form of mole. The group has since been expanded to include nine species, found primarily in Europe and western Asia. The common European Mole, found throughout most of Europe, is a member of this genus, as are several species restricted to small ranges. One, Père David's Mole, is critically endangered. One fossil species, the Tyrrhenian mole is known from the Pleistocene of Corsica. These moles eat worms, insects, and other invertebrates found in the soil.
The females of this genus have rudimentary male features such as Cowper's glands and a two-lobed prostate. A group of scientists suggests that they are true hermaphrodites; however, others state that they are fully functional females.
Talpa is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
Usage examples of "talpa".
Then, when her beloved Jean Paul Grant died, she continued her career alone, away from Talpa and Taos and family.
Talpa was known for its witches, and these days people make a joke of calling anyone from Talpa a bruja.
This was farm land with a river running through it and the mesas of Llano Quemado and Talpa rising above it.
Driving only a short way past the Talpa Y, they were soon at the popular Mexican cafe.
Now onto the Talpa Highway, down to the Y, around the corner, north on Santa Fe.
With a charming simplicity, Talpa informs us of certain circumstances in his life and some features in his character.
In another passage Talpa confesses his natural inclination towards pleasure.
Soon there was left nothing of the rich and extensive abbey but the cell of Johannes Talpa, which, by a marvellous chance, hung from the ruin of a smoking gable.
Talpa, on the south side of Taos, some thirty miles from that La Mesa morada, Christina Garcia y Grant could faintly hear a different group of penitentes singing their hymns.
Then, when her beloved Jean Paul Grant died, she continued her career alone, away from Talpa and Taos and family.