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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


Synonymsfield 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









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