field mouse

American  

noun

1. any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.

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Etymology

Origin of field mouse

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Or the peregrine falcons, with their bladelike talons and darting eyes that could spot a tasty field mouse on the ground from hundreds of feet in the air?

From Literature

In Mr. Burns’s case, inspiration struck the poet soon after his plow struck the nest of a “wee beastie,” which is to say, a small field mouse, and tore it all to pieces.

From Literature

They rolled past the herd of cows, past clumps of wildflowers, past a quiet pond, past birds and field mice and bumblebees.

From Literature

We came in from the cold and were field mice no more.

From Literature

He doubted even the field mice would be interested in it.

From Salon