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Definition of Field mouse
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Vole
Specialized synonyms: Grasshopper Mouse, Pine Mouse, Pine Vole, Pitymys Pinetorum, Meadow Mouse, Meadow Vole, Microtus Pennsylvaticus, Microtus Richardsoni, Richardson Vole, Water Vole, Microtus Ochrogaster, Prairie Vole, Arvicola Amphibius, Water Rat, Water Vole, Red-backed Mouse, Redback Vole, Phenacomys
Generic synonyms: Wood Rat, Wood-rat
Specialized synonyms: Grasshopper Mouse, Pine Mouse, Pine Vole, Pitymys Pinetorum, Meadow Mouse, Meadow Vole, Microtus Pennsylvaticus, Microtus Richardsoni, Richardson Vole, Water Vole, Microtus Ochrogaster, Prairie Vole, Arvicola Amphibius, Water Rat, Water Vole, Red-backed Mouse, Redback Vole, Phenacomys
Generic synonyms: Wood Rat, Wood-rat
2. Noun. Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens.
Exact synonyms: Fieldmouse
Generic synonyms: Mouse
Group relationships: Apodemus, Genus Apodemus
Specialized synonyms: Apodemus Sylvaticus, European Wood Mouse
Generic synonyms: Mouse
Group relationships: Apodemus, Genus Apodemus
Specialized synonyms: Apodemus Sylvaticus, European Wood Mouse