[L. talpa mole.]
1. Zool. The genus typified by the common mole (Talpa europæa).
[1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVIII. cii. (Bodl. MS.). The wonte [v.r. molle] hiȝt Talpa.]
1706. Phillips (ed. 6), Talpa, (Lat.) the Mole or Want.
2. Path. An encysted cranial tumor; a wen.
1693. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Talpa, a Tumor, so called, because that as a Mole … creeps under ground; so this feeds upon the Scull under the Skin.
1726. Quincy, Lex. Phys.-Med. (ed. 3), Talpæ and Nates, are Tumours generally confined to the Head.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Talpa,… a tumour on the head, which has been supposed to burrow like a mole.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Talpa,… abscess in superior and posterior part of head.
