vole
noun/vəʊl/
/vəʊl/
- a small animal like a mouse or rat that lives in fields or near rivers see also water voleTopics Animalsc2Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally vole-mouse): from Norwegian voll(mus) ‘field (mouse)’.
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