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vole
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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vole1 winning of all the tricks in certain card games. XVII. — F., f.
voler :- L.
volāre fly.
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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VOLES GORGE ON VALLEY CROPS WITH VENGEANCE.(Agriculture)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 10/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...knows for sure what caused vole numbers to increase exponentially...weather and the fact that voles are prolific breeders...food and shelter for the voles. Then a mild, sunny and dry winter allowed vole population numbers to...That mild weather allowed voles to make babies at an ...
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Voles Apart: The Monogamy of Mice and Men
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Embryos with the prairie vole version of the gene end...and daddyhood. Montane voles, which lack the extra...copies of the prairie vole gene and stuck them into...how to put genes into voles yet.) Mice have their...those seen in prairie vole brains. And sure enough...
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Voles.(Pest spotlight)
Magazine article from: Pest Management Professional; 11/1/2008; ; 683 words
; ...smaller than the meadow vole. Both species have thick...dark fury tails. Adult voles are generally larger than...roots of lawns. Meadow voles occasionally find their...occupied buildings. Meadow vole feces look nothing like...the diet and appetite of voles, their feces are elongate...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Vole lot of work going on at river; Don't call them ratty! Water voles on Tyneside are in danger, but luckily there is work going on to help them, as AMY HUNT found out.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 8/12/2008; 700+ words
; ...increase numbers of water voles in North Tyneside by...habitats. The water vole, which lives around...Tyneside where evidence of voles has been found. Other water vole sites include the Longbenton...stream haven for water voles. A water vole, top, is often mistaken...
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The voles are invading San Ramon
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 7/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...specific service for voles, so she could not say how many vole-specific complaints...there have been no vole complaints from anywhere...year. Unlike rats, voles don't usually go...com/ sophiakazmi.VOLE FACTS There are six species of voles, also known as meadow...
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Vole or mole? Do you know what this is? It pays to make the right identification upfront.(Pest Identification)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Pest Management Professional; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...second opinion. Was it voles or moles? Vole versus mole damage Visible...gone, probably by one vole." Plants put in on Friday...Monday. He also notes that voles, like lemmings, like...concluded the problem was voles. Vole control with zinc phosphide...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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"V" is for vole; Surfact tunnels reveal veggie hunter.(Life-Discovery)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...little mice, shrews, moles, and voles in our area usually find a way to keep themselves ... What's that? A vole? You've never heard of a vole? Well, what I can tell you about voles? Most people have seen a mouse and...
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you dirty vole.(research on why monogamous voles cheat on their mates)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...call love, prairie vole brains are a lot like...careful to refer to what voles engage in as "social...meaning that although voles prefer to nest and...partner, when another vole comes courting, some...significance to the vole's behavior--monogamous or not. Voles will be voles, ...
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Selective feeding of pine voles on roots of tree seedlings.(NOTE)(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Zoology; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...After capture, voles were held in temporary...feeding trials. Each vole was held in a 37...runways constructed by voles. Following habituation, each vole was presented simultaneously...conducted for each vole. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED...trial using the same voles, five different...
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DUSKY TREE VOLE TO BE STUDIED FOR POSSIBLE FEDERAL PROTECTION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...petitioners, the dusky tree vole is at risk because of...removing disturbances. Tree voles have low mobility and...information on the dusky tree vole, and the red tree vole...of dusky and red tree voles; Information relevant...population of red tree vole in western Oregon may...
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Voles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...the contamination of stored grains with vole feces, which can render the crops unsaleable. There are more than 100 species of voles. Most voles are included in the genus Microtus . The meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus) is the most common...
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vole
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Of the approximately 70 vole species, over 40, distributed...genus Microtus. These voles typically make runways...steppe lemmings. The water vole, Arvicola, of Europe...a large, semiaquatic vole, somewhat resembling the closely related muskrat . Voles are classified in the...
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Skomer vole
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Skomer vole See RACE .
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mouse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Old and New World species of vole , hamster , lemming , muskrat...meadow mouse) is applied to voles. South American field mice...these resemble long-tailed voles. The name tree mouse is likewise...to various arboreal mice and voles in different parts of the world...
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muskrat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and longer tails, muskrats are closely related to voles . The water vole, Arvicola, found in most of Europe and N and W Asia, is an intermediate form; it is longer than other voles and in parts of its range leads an aquatic existance...
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