myyrä

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (zoology) cricetid rodent of the family Cricetidae which includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice
  • (in plural) Cricetidae zoological family Cricetidae
  • vole any of several species of small rodents in the subfamily Arvicolinae within the family Cricetidae
  • (colloquial) mole small burrowing insectivore of the family Talpidae
  • mole internal spy

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *mükrä.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*mükrä

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