- Water vole
- Water vole \Wa"ter vole`\ (Zo["o]l.) See under {Vole}. [1913 Webster]
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Water vole
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water vole — n BrE an animal like a big mouse that can swim and lives near water = ↑water rat … Dictionary of contemporary English
water 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] … English dictionary
water vole — ► NOUN ▪ a large semiaquatic vole which excavates burrows in the banks of rivers … English terms dictionary
Water 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… … Wikipedia
water vole — noun 1. common large Eurasian vole • Syn: ↑water rat, ↑Arvicola amphibius • Hypernyms: ↑vole, ↑field mouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Arvicola, ↑genus Arvicola … Useful english dictionary
water 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; … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
water 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 … Wiktionary
water 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 … English dictionary
Water 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) … Wikipedia
water vole — noun a large semiaquatic vole which excavates burrows in the banks of rivers. [Arvicola terrestris (Europe) and other species.] … English new terms dictionary
