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meadow vole

DEFINITIONS OF: meadow vole

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n widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada

Synonyms:
Microtus pennsylvaticus, meadow mouse
Type of:
field mouse, vole
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
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