richardson vole

1. 1.

   of western North America

   Synonymswater voleMicrotus richardsoni

   Broadervole

   Part ofMicrotus

Questions about richardson vole

What does richardson vole mean?

richardson vole means "of western North America".

What is another word for richardson vole?

Close synonyms include water vole, Microtus richardsoni. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is richardson vole a common word?

richardson vole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.