vole
English Thesaurus
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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | wood rat, wood-rat, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | grasshopper mouse, |
| definition | : | insectivorous mouse of western North America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phenacomys, |
| definition | : | any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States (noun.animal) |
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