A vole is a small animal that looks like a mouse but has very small ears and a short tail. Voles usually live in fields or near rivers. see also water vole. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand, as of bridge; a grand slam. a small animal like a mouse with a short tail that lives in fields and woods and near rivers (voll mus ). Any burrowing rodent (family Cricetidae) with a blunt snout, small ears, and short limbs. Most species are herbivorous and are found throughout North America and Eurasia. The approximately 45 species of the genus Microtus, also called meadow mice, are 4-10 in. (10-26 cm) long, including the tail. Their long, shaggy fur is grayish brown. About 10 species of pine voles inhabit swamps, fields, and hardwood forests. Red-backed voles inhabit forests in cold regions. Water voles are found only in Eurasia and usually live near a stream, ditch, or lake
any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows