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Microtus

noun

voles of the northern hemisphere

• Syn: ↑genus Microtus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑meadow vole, ↑meadow mouse, ↑Microtus pennsylvaticus, ↑water vole, ↑Richardson vole, ↑Microtus richardsoni, ↑prairie vole, ↑Microtus ochrogaster

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\\mīˈkrōd.əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from micr- + -otus (from Greek ōt-, ous ear) — more at ear

: a genus of myomorph rodents (family Cricetidae) comprising the voles of the northern hemisphere

Useful english dictionary. 2012.