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Look up: vole

  1. vole
    [n] - any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae especially of genus Microtus having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Vole
    Vole noun [ French] A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. Swift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/34

  3. Vole
    Vole intransitive verb (Card Playing) To win all the tricks by a vole. Pope.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/34

  4. Vole
    Vole noun (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinæ . They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail. » The water vole, or water r...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/34

  5. vole
    <zoology> Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail. ... The water vole, or water rat, of Europe (Arvicola amphibius) is a common large aquatic species. The sh...
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  6. vole
    noun any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Vole
    • (n.) A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. • (v. i.) To win all the tricks by a vole. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. vole
    any of 124 species of small-bodied mouselike rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. Voles have a blunt rather than a tapered muzzle, a tail shorter than ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/34

  9. vole
    vole, name for a large number of mouselike rodents, related to the lemmings. Most range in length from 3 1/2 to 7 in. (9–18 cm) and have rounded bodies with gray or brown coats, blunt muzzles, small ears concealed in the long fur, and short tails. They are found in a wide variety of habitats. ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08511

  10. Vole
    The vole (Arvicola) is a large genus of rodents of the Cricetidae family. They may be distinguished from rats and mice by the fact that the tail is either short, or only moderately long, the body is stouter, the muzzle more obtuse, the limbs shorter, the eyes and ears smaller, and by the structure of the teeth.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. vole
    Any of various rodents of the family Cricetidae, subfamily Microtinae, distributed over Europe, Asia, and North America, and related to hamsters and lemmings. They are characterized by stout bodies and short tails. They have brown or grey fur, and blunt noses, and some species reach a length of 30 cm/12 in. They feed on grasses, seeds, aquatic ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Vole
    A `vole` is a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, smaller ears and eyes, and differently formed molars (high-crowned and with angular cusps instead of low-crowned and with rounded cusps). There are approximately 155 species of voles...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vole

  13. Vole
    (magazine) `Vole` was a British environmentalist magazine published between 1977 and 1980. The magazine was intended to have a more light-hearted tone than the other countryside and ecology magazines of the time: the founders` working title for the magazine (shortened when it began act...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vole



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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