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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vole, field mousenoun

    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

Wiktionary

  1. volenoun

    Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.

Wikipedia

  1. Vole

    Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of low-crowned with rounded cusps). They are sometimes known as meadow mice or field mice in North America. Vole species form the subfamily Arvicolinae with the lemmings and the muskrats. There are approximately 155 different vole species.

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  1. vole

    A vole is a small, burrowing mammal, similar to a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter tail and hairy nose, and larger ears. Voles are often also referred to as meadow mice or field mice. They are primarily herbivores and can be found in various habitats across the Northern Hemisphere.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Volenoun

    a deal at cards that draws all the tricks

  2. Voleverb

    to win all the tricks by a vole

  3. Volenoun

    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

  4. Etymology: [F.]

Wikidata

  1. Vole

    A vole is a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter, hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, smaller ears and eyes, and differently formed molars. There are approximately 155 species of voles. They are sometimes known as meadow mice or field mice in North America. Vole species form the subfamily Arvicolinae with the lemmings and the muskrats.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vole

    vōl, n. in card-playing, the winning of all the tricks in one deal.—v.i. to win such. [Fr.,—L. volāre, to fly.]

  2. Vole

    vōl, n. a genus of rodent quadrupeds of the subfamily Arvicolinæ, which also includes the lemmings, the musk-rats, &c., the Field-vole, the Water-vole, popularly called the water-rat, and the Bank-vole.

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  1. levo

  2. love

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vole in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of vole in a Sentence

  1. Rada Krivokapić-Radonjić:

    Postoje oni koji te vole, a ne mogu te imati.

  2. Charles de LEUSSE:

    The lover steals a kiss. He is under penalty of perpetuity. (L'amoureux vole un baiser. Il encourt perpétuité)

  3. Rada Krivokapić-Radonjić:

    Svi govore koliko vole mamu, ali da nije bilo tate, ni tebe ne bi bilo.

  4. Charles de LEUSSE:

    Truth is like a flying bird: It brakes suddenly, it falls to the ground. (Vérité est comme un oiseau qui vole: Il freine d'un coup, il tombe au sol)

  5. Charles de LEUSSE:

    Your eyes stole at dawn his clarity. (Tes yeux ont volé A l'aube sa clarté)

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