vole

/voʊl/
noun
  1. A small rodent that looks like a mouse but has a shorter tail and a rounder body, often found in fields and meadows.
    • Voles can cause damage to lawns by eating the roots of grass.
    • The hawk swooped down and caught a vole in the grass.
    • A vole dug a tunnel under the garden shed.
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