Found 4 hits - Term: vole, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vole \vole\, n. f.
a deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --swift.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vole \vole\, v. i. card playing
to win all the tricks by a vole. --pope.
1913 webster
- [3] : 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
arvicola arvicolinae arvicola amphibius arvicola agrestis arvicola arvalis arvicola oeconomus
arvicola riparius meadow mouse arvicola austerus
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vole
n : 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: field mouse
see also:
field mouse
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