English noun: vole |
1. | vole (animal) 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 | field mouse |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | wood rat, wood-rat |
|
| Narrower (hyponym) | Arvicola amphibius, grasshopper mouse, meadow mouse, meadow vole, Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus pennsylvaticus, Microtus richardsoni, phenacomys, pine mouse, pine vole, Pitymys pinetorum, prairie vole, red-backed mouse, redback vole, Richardson vole, water rat, water vole, water vole |
|