meadow vole

noun

1. meadow mouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow vole¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

It found that most differences between the monogamous prairie vole and the promiscuous meadow vole were evident even before bonding began, as though their brains were already prepared for their specific social behaviors.

From Scientific American

Some free advice: date all the meadow voles you like but marry a prairie vole.

From Scientific American

Perhaps it was even genetic, the way monogamous prairie voles and their promiscuous cousins, the meadow voles, had differing amounts of oxytocin emitters or vasopressin receptors in their brains.

From New York Times

Locally, meadow voles may produce six or seven broods a year, which is handy for an animal at the bottom of the food chain.

From New York Times

White, who just led the annual Christmas bird count in Wilmington for the Delaware Ornithological Society, said the owls are hunting meadow voles, a type of rodent that lives in the marsh.

From Seattle Times