meadow mouse

American  

noun

1. 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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meadow mouse British  

noun

1. another name for vole 1

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Etymology

Origin of meadow mouse

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

It is the tunnel of the meadow mouse.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

They swooped like a hawk that has seen a meadow mouse amongst the grass.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.

It might be a bird, or a meadow mouse, or maybe a plump chicken.

From The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales by Smith, Harry L.

These mountainous areas include the habitat that is most suitable for the montane meadow mouse.

From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado by Anderson, Sydney

Alcorn found the long-tailed meadow mouse in widely separated areas.

From Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)