field_mouse (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *field mouse*:
NOUN	animal	field mouse, vole	any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
animal	field mouse, fieldmouse	any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens

English > *field mouse*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows.
Synonym	vole
Narrower	grasshopper mouse	insectivorous mouse of western North America
	meadow vole, meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvaticus	widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
	phenacomys	Any of several vole-like terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
	pine vole, pine mouse, Pitymys pinetorum	short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
	prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster	typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
	red-backed mouse, redback vole	Any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
	water vole, water rat, Arvicola amphibius	Common large Eurasian vole
	water vole, Richardson vole, Microtus richardsoni	Of western North America
Broader	wood rat, wood-rat	Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears
Spanish	campañol
Catalan	ratolí de camp, talpó

English > *field mouse*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens.
Synonym	fieldmouse
Member of	Apodemus, genus Apodemus	Old World field mice
Narrower	European wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus	nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Broader	mouse	Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
Spanish	ratón de campo
Catalan	ratolí de camp

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