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PRAIRIE VOLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie vole mean?

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

1. typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada

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

Dictionary entry details

• PRAIRIE VOLE (noun)

Sense 1

prairie vole ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Microtus ochrogaster; prairie vole

Hypernyms ("prairie 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 ("prairie vole" is a member of...):

genus Microtus; Microtus (voles of the northern hemisphere)

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