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arvicoles

arvicoles is the plural of arvicole.

Meaning of arvicole

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

Questions about arvicoles

What is arvicoles the plural of?
Arvicoles is the plural of arvicole.

Words near arvicoles in the dictionary

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

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