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noun

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

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Origin of field mouse

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby field mouse

field layer, field lens, field magnet, field marshal, field mint, field mouse, field officer, field of fire, field of force, field of honor, field of honour

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How to use field mouse in a sentence

This gave her heart, and she went on more swiftly, till she reached a kitchen where an old field mouse was baking a cake.
The Olive Fairy Book|Various
"Some he makes his slaves—even as we are—and that is the most dreadful fate of all," added the field-mouse.
Little Wizard Stories of Oz|L. Frank Baum
At last he went to the moor; but although he hunted there for a long while, he did not even see a field-mouse.
Lives of the Fur Folk|M. D. Haviland
They feed almost exclusively upon insects, and rarely a mole or field mouse.
Western Bird Guide|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher

The Field-mouse is by no means an exception to the general rule, but produces as many young in a season as any of the Mice.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood

British Dictionary definitions for field mouse

fieldmouse

/ (ˈfiːldˌmaʊs) /

noun plural -mice

any nocturnal mouse of the genus Apodemus, inhabiting woods, fields, and gardens of the Old World: family Muridae . They have yellowish-brown fur and feed on fruit, vegetables, seeds, etc

a former name for vole 1

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