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VOLE
vole, field mouse
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
vole (plural voles)
Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.
Etymology 2
Noun
vole (plural voles)
A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.
Verb
vole (third-person singular simple present voles, present participle voling, simple past and past participle voled)
(card games, intransitive) To win all the tricks by a vole.
Anagrams
• Love, levo, levo-, love, velo-, voĂ«l
Source: Wiktionary
Vole, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. Swift.
Vole, v. i. (Card Playing)
Definition: To win all the tricks by a vole. Pope.
Vole, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinæ. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe (Arvicola amphibius) is a common large aquatic species. The short-tailed field vole (A. agrestis) of Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole (A. arvalis), and the Siberian root vole (A. oeconomus), are important European species. The common species of the Eastern United States (A. riparius) (called also meadow mouse) and the prairie mouse (A. austerus) are abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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