water vole

Other forms: water voles

Definitions of water vole

1. noun

   common large Eurasian vole
   synonyms: Arvicola amphibius, water rat

   type 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
2. noun

   of western North America
   synonyms: Microtus richardsoni, Richardson vole

   type 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