vesimyyrä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • water vole any of three Old World and one New World vole species called "water vole" in English
  • (zoology) genus Arvicola
  • European water vole, Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish vesi (water, of water, water-) + Finnish myyrä (vole, mole).

Origin

Finnish

myyrä

Gloss

vole, mole

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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