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PRAIRIE VOLE
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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
Sense 1
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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