field mouse

field mouse
noun
1. any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
• Syn: ↑vole
• Hypernyms: ↑wood rat, ↑wood-rat
• Hyponyms:
2. any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
• Syn: ↑fieldmouse
• Hypernyms: ↑mouse
• Member Holonyms: ↑Apodemus, ↑genus Apodemus

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noun
: any of various mice that inhabit open fields: as
a. : any mouse of the New World genus Microtus
b. : any mouse of the Old World genus Apodemus

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any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
[1570-80]

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field mouse,
any variety of mouse living in fields and meadows; meadow mouse.

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n. a dark brown mouse with a long tail and large eyes. Also called wood mouse. ● Genus Apodemus, family Muridae: several species, in particular the widespread A. sylvaticus

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noun, pl ⋯ mice [count]
: a type of mouse that lives in open fields

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