wood mouse

American  

noun

1. any of various mice living in woodlands.

2. white-footed mouse.

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Etymology

Origin of wood mouse

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

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

Little Tookhees the wood mouse, the 'Fraid One, as Simmo calls him, always makes two appearances when you squeak to bring him out.

From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph