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bank vole

bank vole noun: a vole of species Clethrionomys glareolus, of much of western Eurasia.

bank vole: a vole of species Clethrionomys glareolus, of much of western Eurasia
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Noun

bank vole (plural bank voles)

  1. A vole of species Clethrionomys glareolus, of much of western Eurasia.

bank vole meaning in Tamil

bank vole in Tamil

வாலானது உடல்நீளத்தில் பாதியிருக்கும், இவை மேற்கு ஐரோப்பாவிலும், வட ஆசியாவிலும் காணப்படுகிறது, இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Forms of bank vole

pluralbank voles

Origin of bank vole

Apparently because river banks are among its favored habitats.

Questions about bank vole

What does bank vole mean?
Bank vole means a vole of species Clethrionomys glareolus, of much of western Eurasia.
What is bank vole in Tamil?
Bank vole in Tamil is வாலானது உடல்நீளத்தில் பாதியிருக்கும், இவை மேற்கு ஐரோப்பாவிலும், வட ஆசியாவிலும் காணப்படுகிறது. See Bank vole meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bank vole?
Bank vole is a noun.
What is the plural of bank vole?
The plural of bank vole is bank voles.

Words near bank vole in the dictionary

  1. bank switching
  2. Bank Top
  3. bank transfer
  4. bank transfers
  5. bank up
  6. bank vole
  7. bank voles
  8. bank-a-ball
  9. bank-and-turn indicator
  10. bank-and-turn indicators
  11. bank-book

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bank vole (page history and authors); bank vole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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