vole

vole
noun
  1. a small, typically burrowing, mouse-like rodent with a rounded muzzle, found in both Eurasia and North America
    (见于欧亚大陆和北美)田鼠;仓鼠
  2. Subfamily Microtinae (or Arvicolinae), family Muridae: several genera, in particular Microtus, and numerous species.
    田鼠亚科(或水䶄亚科),鼠科:数属,尤指田鼠属,多种
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (originally vole-mouse): from Norwegian voll(mus) 'field (mouse').
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