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

Frisky was sitting on his haunches a few days later in the midst of the now deserted hay field, listening for the squeak of a meadow mouse, when something made him prick up his ears.

From The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns by Chaffee, Allen

The mole and the meadow mouse have very short tails.

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

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 Wood, Norman

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

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

Often she had surprised a meadow mouse in just that way.

From The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat Slumber-Town Tales by Smith, Harry L.