water vole به انگلیسی

 

From Longman Dictionary

water vole noun [countable] British English

an animal like a big mouse that can swim and lives near water

Example

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