field mouse


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

Origin of field mouse

1
First recorded in 1570–80

Words Nearby field mouse

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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.

  • "Some he makes his slaves—even as we are—and that is the most dreadful fate of all," added the field-mouse.

  • 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 fieldmouse

fieldmouse

/ (ˈfiːldˌmaʊs) /


nounplural -mice
  1. 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

  2. a former name for vole 1

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