/vowˈlz/ - [vowlz] -
We found 3 definitions of voles from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: voles |
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vole - 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 | ||
field mouse | ||
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; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) | ||
grasshopper mouse insectivorous mouse of western North America | ||
pine mouse, pine vole, pitymys pinetorum short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States | ||
meadow mouse, meadow vole, microtus pennsylvaticus widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada | ||
microtus richardsoni, richardson vole, water vole of western North America | ||
microtus ochrogaster, prairie vole typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada | ||
arvicola amphibius, water vole, water rat of western North America | ||
red-backed mouse, redback vole any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |