Vole (Noun)

Meaning

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.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Field Mouse

Hypernyms

• Wood-rat

Hyponyms

• Water Rat
• Meadow Mouse
• Richardson Vole
• Redback Vole
• Microtus Richardsoni
• Pitymys Pinetorum
• Microtus Pennsylvaticus
• Microtus Ochrogaster
• Arvicola Amphibius
• Pine Mouse