Vole

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  • noun. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand, as of bridge; a grand slam.
  • noun. Any of various rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere and having a short muzzle and tail and small ears.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In card-playing, a winning of all the tricks played in one deal.
  • In card-playing, to win all the tricks played in one deal.
  • noun. A shorttailed field-mouse or meadow-mouse; a campagnol or arvicoline; any member of the genus Arvicola in a broad sense.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
  • intransitive verb. To win all the tricks by a vole.
  • noun. Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinæ. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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
    • Word Usage
    "We'd have been to him what a very slow and stupid meadow vole is to a hawk."
    Form
    volelike  water vole  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wood rat  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    arvicola amphibius  grasshopper mouse  meadow mouse  meadow vole  microtus ochrogaster  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aise  bullfrog  chutney  clafoutis  dormouse  
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