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harvest mouse
noun
- an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- any of several New World mice of the genus Reithrodontomys having similar habits.
harvest mouse
noun
- a very small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse, Micromys minutus, inhabiting cornfields, hedgerows, etc, and feeding on grain and seeds: family Muridae
- American harvest mouse any small greyish mouse of the American genus Reithrodontomys: family Cricetidae
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Origin of harvest mouse1
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Example Sentences
A case containing living specimens of the smallest British Mammal, the harvest mouse.
Geographic variation in the harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis on the central Great Plains and in adjacent regions.
Many a foolish bewildered vole he caught, but never a harvest mouse.
The western harvest mouse was taken commonly in stands of tall grasses and forbs, particularly along roadways and fencerows.
A full-grown harvest-mouse is seldom more than four and a half inches long, of which almost one half is occupied by the tail.
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