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arvicoline

arvicoline adjective: that inhabits meadows; rural.

Adjective

arvicoline (not comparable)

  1. That inhabits meadows; rural

Noun

arvicoline (plural arvicolines)

  1. Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae

Forms of arvicoline

pluralarvicolines

Origin of arvicoline

From Latin arvum (“field”) + colo (“to inhabit”) + -īnus.

Questions about arvicoline

What does arvicoline mean?
Arvicoline means that inhabits meadows; rural.
What part of speech is arvicoline?
Arvicoline can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near arvicoline in the dictionary

  1. arvicanthine
  2. arvicole
  3. arvicoles
  4. arvicolid
  5. arvicolids
  6. arvicoline
  7. arvicolines
  8. arvicolous
  9. arviculture
  10. Arvid
  11. Arvids

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