topo
n.— «In addition, help was offered by a search-and-rescue group called “topos”—which translates as “moles”—organized by youths who dug through collapsed buildings after Mexico City’s 1985 earthquake.» —“Mexican Army Convoys Bringing Aid to U.S.” by Mark Stevenson in Mexico City Guardian (U.K.) Sept. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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