meadow mouse

American  

noun

1. any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

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meadow mouse British  

noun

1. another name for vole 1

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Etymology

Origin of meadow mouse

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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meadow mouse

It did not soothe Henry Hawk's feelings to find that the meadow mouse had vanished at the same time.

From The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales by Smith, Harry L.

The mole and the meadow mouse have very short tails.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John

It might be a bird, or a meadow mouse, or maybe a plump chicken.

From The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales by Smith, Harry L.

They swooped like a hawk that has seen a meadow mouse amongst the grass.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.

Meanwhile the meadow mouse shoves them aside in his gallery, the schoolboy casts them in his ball, or the woodman’s sled glides smoothly over them, these glorious spangles, the sweepings of heaven’s floor.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William