Definition of field mouse
Nouns
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
- Synonyms:
- vole
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grasshopper mouse
insectivorous mouse of western North America
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Pitymys pinetorum, pine mouse, pine vole
short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
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Microtus pennsylvaticus, meadow mouse, meadow vole
widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
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Microtus richardsoni, Richardson vole, water vole
of western North America
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Microtus ochrogaster, prairie vole
typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
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Arvicola amphibius, water rat, water vole
common large Eurasian vole
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red-backed mouse, redback vole
any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
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phenacomys
any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
- Synonyms:
- fieldmouse
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Apodemus sylvaticus, European wood mouse
nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
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mouse
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
Vocabulary Lists for field mouse
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