field mouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of field mouse
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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The small Japanese field mouse, meanwhile, was more likely to carry seeds to another location even when there was protective vegetation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2023
Someone may have been watching us — a dusky shrew, a field mouse, a rubber boa — but it felt like we were alone with the world to ourselves.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
"All creatures must learn to coexist. That’s why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can’t mate or the mice would explode."
From Fox News ● Dec. 12, 2021
When Nature Calls With Helen Mirren This new episode imagines that a field mouse is heavily into non-fungible tokens and that a bear is actually a divorced gym teacher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
“Well, I don’t think he’d stick to roads,” Judd says, “Not a dog as shy as him. Shy as a field mouse, ’cept when he’s around rabbits.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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