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water vole

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter v-ole
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three Old World vole species: European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris), montane water vole (Arvicola scherman), or southwestern water vole (Arvicola sapidus).

noun

North American vole (Microtus richardsoni).

Inflected Forms

water voles (plural)

Synonyms

richardson vole microtus richardsoni water rat arvicola amphibius

Questions

What does water vole mean?
Any of three Old World vole species: European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris), montane water vole (Arvicola scherman), or southwestern water vole (Arvicola sapidus).

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