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meadow mouse
noun
- any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meadow mouse1
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Example Sentences
And Mr. Meadow Mouse often remarked that it had more halls than any other dwelling he had ever seen.
Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
Mr. Meadow Mouse repeated, as if he wanted to be sure there was no misunderstanding about it.
Grandfather Mole demanded of Mr. Meadow Mouse, almost as soon as he had stepped just outside the shade of the toadstool.
And when he had made his promise to Mr. Meadow Mouse he had had no idea that it was going to rain so soon.
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