English > vole: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonym | field mouse |
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| Narrower | grasshopper mouse | insectivorous mouse of western North America |
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| meadow vole, meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvaticus | widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada |
| phenacomys | Any of several vole-like terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States |
| pine vole, pine mouse, Pitymys pinetorum | short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States |
| prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster | typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada |
| red-backed mouse, redback vole | Any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |
| water vole, water rat, Arvicola amphibius | Common large Eurasian vole |
| water vole, Richardson vole, Microtus richardsoni | Of western North America |
| Broader | wood rat, wood-rat | Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears |
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| Spanish | campañol |
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| Catalan | ratolí de camp, talpó |
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