water vole

  • 1Water vole — Wa ter vole (Zo[ o]l.) See under {Vole}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2water vole — n BrE an animal like a big mouse that can swim and lives near water = ↑water rat …

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  • 3water vole — water voles N COUNT A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers. [mainly BRIT] …

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  • 4water vole — ► NOUN ▪ a large semiaquatic vole which excavates burrows in the banks of rivers …

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  • 5Water Vole — Taxobox name = Water Vole status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia = CricetidaeNote: according to Amori (1996) it will be transferred from… …

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  • 6water vole — noun 1. common large Eurasian vole • Syn: ↑water rat, ↑Arvicola amphibius • Hypernyms: ↑vole, ↑field mouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Arvicola, ↑genus Arvicola …

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  • 7water vole — vandeninis pelėnas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Arvicola terrestris angl. European water vole; ground vole; vole rat; water rat; water vole vok. Erdratte; große Erdmaus; große europäische Wühlmaus; …

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  • 8water vole — noun a) One of two Old World vole species, European water vole, Arvicola terrestris or Arvicola amphibius, and southwestern water vole, Arvicola sapidus. b) A North American rodent Microtus richardsoni, which closely resembles voles …

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  • 9water vole — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms water vole : singular water vole plural water voles a small furry animal like a mouse that lives near lakes and rivers …

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  • 10Water Vole (North America) — This article is about the North American species. For Old World water voles, see Arvicola. Water Vole Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …

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