MEADOW VOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meadow vole mean? 

• MEADOW VOLE (noun)
  The noun MEADOW VOLE has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada

  Familiarity information: MEADOW VOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEADOW VOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

meadow mouse; meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvaticus

Hypernyms ("meadow vole" is a kind of...):

field mouse; vole (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)

Holonyms ("meadow vole" is a member of...):

genus Microtus; Microtus (voles of the northern hemisphere)