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Field mouse

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small vole such as the meadow vole. Canada, US
  2. 2
    any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens wordnet
  3. 3
    One of several species of mice in genus Apodemus found in Eurasia and Africa.
  4. 4
    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 wordnet
  5. 5
    One of several species of mice in genus Akodon found in South America.

Etymology

From Middle English feeld mous.

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