VOLE


Meaning of VOLE in English

/ vəʊl; NAmE voʊl/ noun

a small animal like a mouse or rat that lives in fields or near rivers

—see also water vole

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent. (originally vole-mouse ): from Norwegian voll(mus) field (mouse).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.