ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arvicola amphibius mean? 

• ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS (noun)
  The noun ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS has 1 sense:

1. common large Eurasian vole

  Familiarity information: ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common large Eurasian vole

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Arvicola amphibius; water rat; water vole

Hypernyms ("Arvicola amphibius" 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 ("Arvicola amphibius" is a member of...):

Arvicola; genus Arvicola (in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus)