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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vole::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | field mouse |
| Type of | wood-rat, wood rat |
| Has types | meadow mouse, meadow vole, microtus ochrogaster, microtus pennsylvaticus, microtus richardsoni, phenacomys, pine mouse, pine vole, arvicola amphibius, prairie vole, red-backed mouse, redback vole, richardson vole, water rat, water vole, pitymys pinetorum, grasshopper mouse |
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DeWoody hopes to continue his work on vole genetics at some point in the future.
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The details of what is going on-the vole story, as it were-is a fascinating one.
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Fortunately the short tailed or field vole has faired much better as a species.
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None of our native mammals, except perhaps the water vole, has been hit harder.
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They were almost certainly left as a hunting owl swooped down on a mouse or vole.
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They are half the size of a full grown water vole by the time they are weaned.
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Vole said 20,000 to 30,000 people suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning every year.
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Others, such as the montane vole, have only transitory liaisons, as do chimpanzees.
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In contrast, the montane vole typically nests in isolation and breeds promiscuously.
From the sciencedaily.com
- 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
- 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). ...
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- Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae
- Rodent like a mouse but with a short tail
- Term for winning all five tricks in Ecarte.
