About The Word Vole
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Vole
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What's The Definition Of Vole?
[n] any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae especially of genus Microtus having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vole: field mouse Related Terms | Find terms related to Vole: See Also | Arvicola amphibius | grasshopper mouse | meadow mouse | meadow vole | Microtus ochrogaster | Microtus pennsylvaticus | Microtus richardsoni | phenacomys | pine mouse | pine vole | Pitymys pinetorum | prairie vole | redback vole | red-backed mouse | Richardson vole | water rat | water vole | wood rat | woodrat Vole In Webster's Dictionary \Vole\, n. [F.]
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift.
\Vole\, v. i. (Card Playing) To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope. \Vole\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to {Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily {Arvicolin[ae]}. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail. Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The short-tailed field vole ({A. agrestis}) of Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole ({A. arvalis}), and the Siberian root vole ({A. [oe]conomus}), are important European species. The common species of the Eastern United States ({A. riparius}) (called also {meadow mouse}) and the prairie mouse ({A. austerus}) are abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada. |
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