Vole

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vole \Vole\, n. [F.]
     A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Vole \Vole\, v. i. (Card Playing)
     To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vole \Vole\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
     {Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily {Arvicolinae}.
     They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
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     Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola
           amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The
           short-tailed field vole ({Arvicola agrestis}) of
           Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern
           field vole ({Arvicola arvalis}), and the Siberian root
           vole ({Arvicola oeconomus}), are important European
           species. The common species of the Eastern United
           States ({Arvicola riparius}) (called also {meadow
           mouse}) and the prairie mouse ({Arvicola austerus}) are
           abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other
           species are found in Canada.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vole
       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 [syn: {field mouse}]