Vole

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, resembling rats or mice but having a shorter tail and limbs and a heavier body.
  • n. Games The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand, as of bridge; a grand slam.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
  • verb-intransitive. To win all the tricks by a vole.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In card-playing, a winning of all the tricks played in one deal.
  • In card-playing, to win all the tricks played in one deal.
  • n. A shorttailed field-mouse or meadow-mouse; a campagnol or arvicoline; any member of the genus Arvicola in a broad sense.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wood rat   
    Form
    volelike    water vole   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wormlizard    paresseux    shrew    paroquet    take-away    field-mouse    habite    oldie    vaincu    clafoutis