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vole |
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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