arvicole
English
Etymology
Latin arvum (“field”) + colo (“I inhabit”); compare Italian arvicola.
Noun
arvicole (plural arvicoles)
- (zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
- 1887, Angelo Heilprin, The Geographical and Geological Distribution of Animals, page 356:
- A single species, A. quasiater, is known from Mexico. Evotomys rutilus, a form very closely related to the arvicoles, inhabits the circumpolar regions of both hemispheres.
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Translations
field mouse — see field mouse
Italian
Noun
arvicole f
- plural of arvicola
Anagrams
- valerico