noun

• A burrowing vole found in grassland and open country in Eurasia and North America.

  Genus Microtus, family Muridae: numerous species, in particular Microtus pennsylvanicus of the northern US and Canada

  ‘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.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘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.’