vole
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈvəʊl/
vole (plural voles)
- Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.
- French: campagnol
- German: Wühlmaus
- Italian: arvicola
- Portuguese: rato-do-campo
- Russian: полёвка
- Spanish: campañol, topillo, rata de agua
vole (plural voles)
- A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift
- Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift
vole (voles, present participle voling; past and past participle voled)
- (card games, intransitive) To win all the tricks by a vole.
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