campagnol

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from campagne (“field”).

Noun

campagnol (plural campagnols)

1. (archaic) A vole (US, Canada: field mouse), Microtus agrestis, that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
   • 1819, The Edinburgh magazine and literary miscellany (volume 83, page 505)

     The dormice are distinguished from the campagnols by the superior softness of the fur, and the greater length of the tail.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “campagnol”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.pa.ɲɔl/

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Noun

campagnol m (plural campagnols)

1. vole

Further reading

• “campagnol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.