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

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

The Marsh Hawk quarters low over the fields turning sharply here and there to follow the course of a meadow mouse in the grass forest below.

From What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season by Frank M. Chapman

The mole and the meadow mouse have very short tails.

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

Alcorn found the long-tailed meadow mouse in widely separated areas.

From Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway by Rollin H. (Rollin Harold) Baker

Short-tailed Shrew.—Common in swamps, woodlands, and even in meadows, where it has its own runways and also uses those of the meadow mouse, on which it largely feeds.

From The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 by Norman Wood