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vole vs wood-rat

wood-rat vs vole

vole and wood-rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vole Yes No No No
wood-rat Yes No No No
As nouns, wood-rat is a hypernym of vole; that is, wood-rat is a word with a broader meaning than vole:
  • 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
  • wood-rat: any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
Other hypernyms of vole include wood rat.
vole (noun) wood-rat (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 any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
Difference between vole and wood-rat

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