Found 2 items, similar to Field mouse.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: field mouse
field mouse
n 1: 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 [syn:
vole]
2: any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus
inhabiting woods and fields and gardens [syn:
fieldmouse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Field mouse
Mouse
\Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl.
Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
Muscle,
Musk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus
Mus and various related genera of
the family
Murid[ae]. The common house mouse (
Mus musculus
) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed mouse, or
deer mouse (
Peromyscus leucopus
, formerly
Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives
in houses. See
Dormouse,
Meadow mouse, under
Meadow,
and
Harvest mouse, under
Harvest.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
prevent a running eye from slipping.
(b) Same as 2d
Mousing, 2.
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3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
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4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
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5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
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Field mouse,
Flying mouse, etc. See under
Field,
Flying, etc.
Mouse bird (Zo["o]l.), a coly.
Mouse deer (Zo["o]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
Mouse galago (Zo["o]l.), a very small West American galago
(
Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a
mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
Mouse hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A hawk that devours mice.
(b) The hawk owl; -- called also
mouse owl.
Mouse lemur (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very
small lemurs of the genus
Chirogaleus, found in
Madagascar.
Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part
next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;
-- called also
mouse buttock.
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