Definitions of vole
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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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synonyms:
field mouse
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grasshopper mouse
insectivorous mouse of western North America
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Pitymys pinetorum, pine mouse, pine vole
short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
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Microtus pennsylvaticus, meadow mouse, meadow vole
widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
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Microtus richardsoni, Richardson vole, water vole
of western North America
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Microtus ochrogaster, prairie vole
typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
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Arvicola amphibius, water rat, water vole
common large Eurasian vole
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red-backed mouse, redback vole
any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
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phenacomys
any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
Pronunciation
US
/voʊl/
UK
/vəʊl/
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