water vole

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ˈwater vole noun [countable] British English  HBAan animal like a big mouse that can swim and lives near water 水鼠 SYN water rat

Examples from the Corpus

water vole• A water vole swam vigorously across from a little island, its round face and bright eyes showing above the water.• The muskrat is a swamp-dwelling rodent something like a large water vole.• Rob Strachan stresses that the water vole survey is the first of its kind.• Meanwhile, Strachan views the water vole as an indicator of wetland habitat quality, and he looks forward with little optimism.

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water vole
ˈwater vole noun [countable] British English
an animal like a big mouse that can swim and lives near water
   SYN  water rat

water voleBrE /ˈwɔːtə vəʊl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɔːtər voʊl/ 🔊, /ˈwɑːtər voʊl/ 🔊 (BrE) (also ˈwater rat) nounan animal like a rat that swims and lives in a hole beside a river or lake 水䶄，水田鼠，水鼠（穴居于溪流、湖泊旁）