noun
eastern mole; common mole
Refers to the species Scalopus aquaticus, a mole found in eastern North America. In Japanese, typically written in katakana as トウブモグラ.
トウブモグラは北アメリカに生息するモグラの一種です。
The eastern mole is a species of mole that lives in North America.
Generic term for mole; トウブモグラ specifically refers to the eastern mole species.
Compound of 東部 (tōbu, 'eastern') + モグラ (mogura, 'mole').