vole
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6.3
- noun
- /voʊl/
:
topillo
- After setting the traps, I caught several voles that were burrowing in my garden.
- vole population
- meadow vole
- vole density
So it's goat sheeps, Prairie voles, mice, rats.
- So it's goat sheeps, Prairie voles, mice, rats.
- And maybe it was seasonal, but the moles, voles or whatever they are came back.
- And we were talking earlier about how we both worked with the scientist Irv Zucker at at Berkeley, who is a specialist in in in voles.
- Because we're quite different to voles, but it turns out that we also have receptors for oxytocin and vasopressin in brain areas that are linked with love.
Examples
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In the first year, vole density started out low and increased quickly.
Academic text (2002) -
I routinely share the grounds and sometimes the house with mice, voles, moles, rats, frogs, lizards, snakes, and squirrels.
Fiction book (2001) -
So this owl has probably caught that little vole underneath the snow and then it's come to eat it.
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As before, attack rates on tree seedlings correlated well with vole density.
Academic text (2002) -
Only when these carnivores actually eat voles do they become accidental allies of the little trees.
Academic text (2002) -
When vegetation is lush and prairie vole populations are small, little prevents the voles from increasing rapidly.
Academic text (2002) -
"Runways" dug by voles below leave a lasting impression on their grassland habitat.
Academic text (2002) -
En route, expect to encounter monkeys, hares, voles, and a carpet of enchanting wildflowers after the rain.
Blog text (14) -
My colleague Jyrki Pusenius and I got the idea of tricking the voles into perceiving that they were in danger.
Academic text (2002) -
The farmer noticed that the voles were eating his crops in the field.
Synonyms
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2.8
A small animal like a mouse or rat that uses strong front teeth to chew
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8.2
Small rodent like a mouse that lives in prairie grass in North America
A small mouse-like animal with a short tail and stocky body that lives in grasslands in northern North America
A small animal like a mouse that lives in grassy fields
A small animal like a mouse that lives in underground tunnels and eats plant roots
A small mouse-like animal that lives underground and eats plant roots in the eastern United States
A small animal like a mouse with a reddish band on its back that lives in cold mountain areas
A small animal like a rat that lives near rivers and ponds
Compounds
- US
A small mouse-like animal with a short tail and stocky body that lives in grasslands in northern North America
A small animal like a mouse with a reddish band on its back that lives in cold mountain areas
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse that lives in mountain meadows in western North America
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Vole comes from old European names for small field mice, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of a vole as a little 'field mouse'.