red-backed mouse

/rɛd maʊs/
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Definitions of red-backed mouse
  1. noun
    any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
    synonyms: redback vole
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    type of:
    field mouse, vole
    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
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