water vole — water voles N COUNT A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers. [mainly BRIT] … English dictionary
Water Vole — Taxobox name = Water Vole status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia = CricetidaeNote: according to Amori (1996) it will be transferred from… … Wikipedia
Water Vole (North America) — This article is about the North American species. For Old World water voles, see Arvicola. Water Vole Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) … Wikipedia
water vole — noun 1. common large Eurasian vole • Syn: ↑water rat, ↑Arvicola amphibius • Hypernyms: ↑vole, ↑field mouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Arvicola, ↑genus Arvicola … Useful english dictionary
water rat — 1. any of various rodents having aquatic habits. 2. the muskrat, Ondatra zibethica. 3. (in Australia and New Guinea) any of the aquatic rats of the subfamily Hydromyinae, esp. of the genus Hydromys. 4. Slang. a vagrant or thief who frequents a… … Universalium
water vole — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms water vole : singular water vole plural water voles a small furry animal like a mouse that lives near lakes and rivers … English dictionary
water vole — noun a) One of two Old World vole species, European water vole, Arvicola terrestris or Arvicola amphibius, and southwestern water vole, Arvicola sapidus. b) A North American rodent Microtus richardsoni, which closely resembles voles … Wiktionary
European Water Vole — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN … Wikipedia
Southwestern Water Vole — Southern (or Southwestern) Water Vole Conservation status Vulnerable … Wikipedia
Montane Water Vole — Conservation status Least Concern ( … Wikipedia
