[See VOLE sb.2] The common water-rat, Arvicola amphibius.
1828. J. Fleming, Brit. Anim., 23. Water Vole.
1837. T. Bell, Brit. Quadrupeds, 322. The Water Vole, or, as it is more frequently called, the Water Rat, is found in most parts of Europe.
1869. Blackmore, Lorna D., vii. There never was any sound at all, except of a rocky echo … or the sudden dive of a water-vole.
