Found 2 items, similar to Vole.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vole
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 [syn:
field mouse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vole
Vole
\Vole\, n. [F.]
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift.
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Vole
\Vole\, v. i. (Card Playing)
To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope.
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Vole
\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.
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Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe (
Arvicola amphibius
) is a common large aquatic species. The
short-tailed field vole (
Arvicola agrestis) of
Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern
field vole (
Arvicola arvalis), and the Siberian root
vole (
Arvicola [oe]conomus), are important European
species. The common species of the Eastern United
States (
Arvicola riparius) (called also
meadow mouse
) and the prairie mouse (
Arvicola austerus) are
abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other
species are found in Canada.
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