arvicole

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noun

field mouse (US, Canada), vole

OriginLatin arvum →
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Meanings

nounarvicole (plural arvicoles)

plural arvicoles

  1. datedbiologyfield mouse (US, Canada), vole

    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.

    1887, Angelo Heilprin, The Geographical and Geological Distribution of Animals, page 356

Origin

  1. Latinarvum“field”
  2. Englisharvicole

From Latin arvum (“field”) + colo (“to inhabit”); compare Italian arvicola.

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APA

arvicole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arvicole

MLA

“arvicole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arvicole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arvicole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arvicole.

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