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A Dictionary of Zoology

vole See CRICETIDAE.
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vole name for a large number of mouselike rodents , related to...found in a wide variety of habitats. Of the approximately 70 vole species, over 40, distributed throughout North America, Eurasia...and are known as tree mice or lemming mice. The sagebrush vole, Lagarus curtatus, is found in the W United ... Read more
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vole Short-tailed, small-eared, prolific rodent that lives in the Northern Hemisphere. Most voles are greyish-brown, herbivorous ground-dwellers and are small. The semi-aquatic water vole is the largest. Length: to 18cm (7in). Family Cricetidae. Read more
vole
vole • barcarole , bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol ( US enroll), extol...prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole •Creole • carriole , dariole ... Read more
vole
vole / vōl / • n. a small, typically burrowing, mouselike rodent ( Microtus and other genera, subfamily Microtinae) with a rounded muzzle, found in both Eurasia and North America. Read more
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