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[syn: vole, field mouse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vole \Vole\, n. [F.]
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vole \Vole\, v. i. (Card Playing)
To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vole \Vole\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae.
They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
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Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe (Arvicola
amphibius) is a common large aquatic species. The
short-tailed field vole (Arvicola agrestis) of
Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern
field vole (Arvicola arvalis), and the Siberian root
vole (Arvicola oeconomus), are important European
species. The common species of the Eastern United
States (Arvicola riparius) (called also meadow
mouse) and the prairie mouse (Arvicola austerus) are
abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other
species are found in Canada.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vole
n 1: 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 [syn: vole, field mouse]