PRAIRIE VOLE

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Meaning:

Typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada

Synonyms:

Microtus ochrogaster; prairie vole

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("prairie vole" is a kind of...):

field mouse; vole (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)

Holonyms ("prairie vole" is a member of...):

genus Microtus; Microtus (voles of the northern hemisphere)

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