field mouse

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

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Examples from the Web for fieldmouse

You are as demure as a fieldmouse, but I know those big eyes of yours have taken our measures by this time.
A Princess in Calico|Edith Ferguson Black
Not a sound broke the silence, for the sea-gulls had vanished with the sunshine, and not even a fieldmouse stirred in the bracken.
A Fortunate Term|Angela Brazil
The Fieldmouse money was beginning to pour into the ring, and the block men were busy with their erasers.
Old Man Curry|Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
"'At Fieldmouse is sutny a goin' fool when 'ey bet stable money on huh," said he.
Old Man Curry|Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Both mice and rats are common, the former precisely resembling in appearance the English fieldmouse.
Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Grey

British Dictionary definitions for fieldmouse

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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