4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vole  \Vole\,  n.  [F.] 
  A  deal  at  cards  that  draws  all  the  tricks.  --Swift. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vole  \Vole\,  v.  i.  (Card  Playing) 
  To  win  all  the  tricks  by  a  vole.  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Note:  The  water  vole,  or  water  rat,  of  Europe  ({Arvicola 
  amphibius})  is  a  common  large  aquatic  species.  The 
  short-tailed  field  vole  ({A.  agrestis})  of  Northern  and 
  Central  Europe,  and  Asia,  the  Southern  field  vole  ({A. 
  arvalis}),  and  the  Siberian  root  vole  ({A. 
  [oe]conomus}),  are  important  European  species.  The 
  common  species  of  the  Eastern  United  States  ({A. 
  riparius})  (called  also  {meadow  mouse})  and  the  prairie 
  mouse  ({A.  austerus})  are  abundant,  and  often  injurious 
  to  vegetation.  Other  species  are  found  in  Canada. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vole 
  n  :  any  of  various  small  mouselike  rodents  of  the  family 
  Cricetidae  esp.  of  genus  Microtus  having  a  stout 
  short-tailed  body  and  inconspicuous  ears  and  inhabiting 
  fields  or  meadows  [syn:  {field  mouse}] 

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