HyperDic: prairie_vole

English > 1 sense of the expression prairie vole:
NOUNanimalprairie vole, Microtus ochrogastertypical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
English > prairie vole: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtypical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada.
SynonymMicrotus ochrogaster
Member ofMicrotus, genus Microtusvoles of the northern hemisphere
Broadervole, field mouseAny 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
Catalanmicrotus ochrogaster

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