wood mouse
AmericanEtymology
Origin of wood mouse
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Somewhere in the mountains of southeastern Spain, a tiny wood mouse sniffs the nutty, alluring aroma of acorns.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024
A wood mouse, displaced from a flooded or crumbled tunnel, scrambled in and hunched, shivering, in the crook of Tom’s knee.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016
Of Mice And Magnets: The everyday wood mouse can sense magnetic fields -- possibly via quantum processes.
From Scientific American • Jun. 27, 2015
Unlike migratory birds and sea turtles -- which seemingly use their magnetic senses to migrate thousands of miles -- the average wood mouse lives in a home range about 500 feet across.
From Scientific American • Jun. 24, 2015
He stepped blithely forth, gobbling up a plump wood mouse that had rashly ventured forth from its safe retreat under the snow.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
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