campagnol

Borrowed from French campagnol (“vole”), from campagne (“field”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæmpənˈjoʊl/

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.

   Synonyms: short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, field vole

   • 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.

• campagnol in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.pa.ɲɔl/

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campagnol m (plural campagnols)

1. vole

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