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arvicole

arvicole noun: field mouse (US, Canada), vole.

Noun

arvicole (plural arvicoles)

  1. (dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
    • A single species, A. quasiater, is known from Mexico. Evotomys rutilus, a form very closely related to the arvicoles, inhabits the circumpolar regions of both hemispheres.1887, Angelo Heilprin, The Geographical and Geological Distribution of Animals, page 356

Forms of arvicole

pluralarvicoles

Origin of arvicole

From Latin arvum (“field”) + colo (“to inhabit”); compare Italian arvicola.

Questions about arvicole

What does arvicole mean?
Arvicole means field mouse (US, Canada), vole.
What part of speech is arvicole?
Arvicole is a noun.
What is the plural of arvicole?
The plural of arvicole is arvicoles.

Words near arvicole in the dictionary

  1. Arvernian
  2. Arvernians
  3. Arverns
  4. Arviat
  5. arvicanthine
  6. arvicole
  7. arvicoles
  8. arvicolid
  9. arvicolids
  10. arvicoline
  11. arvicolines

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