field mouse, rodent resembling a small rat with shorter legs and a shorter tail
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Vole Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To win all the tricks by a vole.
To win all the tricks by a vole.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
vole
\vole\ (?), n. [f.] a deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
vole
\vole\, v. i. (card playing) to win all the tricks by a vole.
vole
\vole\, n. (zo?l.) any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily arvicolin?. 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. œconomus), 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.
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]
similar words(4)
redback vole
field vole
water vole
richardson vole
Noun
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
(synonym) field mouse
(hypernym) wood rat, wood-rat
(hyponym) grasshopper mouse
Vole Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A vole is a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, smaller ears and eyes, and differently formed molars (high-crowned and with angular cusps instead of low-crowned and with rounded cusps). There are approximately 155 species of voles. They are sometimes known as meadow mice or field mice in North America. Vole species form the subfamily Arvicolinae with the lemmings and the muskrats.
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Võle is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.
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