microtine

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats.
2. noun Any rodent of the former subfamily Microtinae (now Arvicolinae)

Similar words

rodents microdont musteline microsthenic macruroid myrmicine microphagous monotrematous macrodactylic mystacial

Often followed by

rodents cycles rodent populations species population cycle