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Vole has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.

3

A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.

Verb
1

To win all the tricks by a vole.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wood rat
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
grasshopper mouse pine vole meadow vole water vole prairie vole red-backed mouse phenacomys

Origin

The word "vole" comes from Old Norse vǫllr, meaning "field," and originally referred to a field mouse. It entered general English in the early 19th century when writers began using the term alone instead of earlier names like "short-tailed field mouse."

Rhyming Words
ole nole tole iole sole mole hole kole dole bole cole role pole azole ecole whole drole dhole opole doole
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