Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun water_vole

2 senses of water vole

Sense 1
water vole, water rat, Arvicola amphibius -- (common large Eurasian vole)
       => vole, field mouse -- (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)

Sense 2
water vole, Richardson vole, Microtus richardsoni -- (of western North America)
       => vole, field mouse -- (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)