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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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