A burrowing vole found in grassland and open country in Eurasia and North America.
野鼠，田鼠
Genus Microtus, family Muridae: numerous species, in particular Microtus pennsylvanicus of the northern US and Canada
Example sentencesExamples
Here we describe a blond coat color mutation in the meadow vole that arose in a captive breeding colony established from wild-caught animals from southern Illinois.
One captive meadow vole had 17 litters during one year, totaling 83 young.
Heinrich finds a variety of strategies on display near his Maine cabin: meadow voles thriving in the subnivian zone (under the snow), weasels hunting ten meals a day, and tree frogs whose body fluids freeze.
Definition of meadow vole in US English:
meadow vole
noun
A burrowing vole found in grassland and open country in Eurasia and North America.
野鼠，田鼠
Genus Microtus, family Muridae: numerous species, in particular Microtus pennsylvanicus of the northern US and Canada
Example sentencesExamples
One captive meadow vole had 17 litters during one year, totaling 83 young.
Heinrich finds a variety of strategies on display near his Maine cabin: meadow voles thriving in the subnivian zone (under the snow), weasels hunting ten meals a day, and tree frogs whose body fluids freeze.
Here we describe a blond coat color mutation in the meadow vole that arose in a captive breeding colony established from wild-caught animals from southern Illinois.