1.  The water-vole, Arvicola amphibius.

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c. 1475.  Pict. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 760/11. Hic gurrex [read surrex = sorex], a watermowse.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. ciii. I. 45. In Stymphalis of Arcadia, there breed … little water-myce [L. aquatiles musculi], or small Limpins.

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1653.  Walton, Angler, v. 127. If the night be dark … he [the trout] lies boldly neer the top of the water, watching the motion of any Frog or Water-mouse, or Rat betwixt him and the skie.

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1707.  Mortimer, Husb., 227. Bitterns, Herons,… Water-Rats, Water-Mice, Otters, &c. are very great Enemies to Fish.

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1819.  Edin. Mag., June, 505. Arvicola aquatica. Water Campagnol … E. Water Rat. S. Water Mouse, or Ratten.

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  2.  Austral. A rodent of the genus Hydromys or the family Hydromyidæ.

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c. 1880.  Sooty water-mouse [see SOOTY a. 2 c].

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