: any of various small rodents (Microtus and related genera) that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears, inhabit both moist meadows and dry uplands and do much damage to crops, and are closely related to muskrats and lemmings
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Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Unfortunately, there’s no easy, foolproof way to get rid of voles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
Vandegrift hopes to trap voles, woodchucks, chipmunks, and porcupines himself.
—Jon Cohen, science.org, 29 Apr. 2024
Many types of animals can be affected by plague, including rock squirrels, wood rats, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, mice, voles and rabbits.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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With their beady eyes, thick tails and sharp claws, prairie voles are not exactly cuddly.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Unfortunately, there’s no easy, foolproof way to get rid of voles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
Vandegrift hopes to trap voles, woodchucks, chipmunks, and porcupines himself.
—Jon Cohen, science.org, 29 Apr. 2024
Many types of animals can be affected by plague, including rock squirrels, wood rats, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, mice, voles and rabbits.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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vole
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: any of various small rodents (family Cricetidae and especially genus Microtus) that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears, that inhabit both moist meadows and dry uplands and do much damage to crops, and that are closely related to muskrats and lemmings but in general resemble stocky mice or rats
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