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Field mouse   /fild maʊs/   Listen
noun
field mouse, fieldmouse  n.  
1.
(Zool.) Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabing woods and fields and gardens.
2.
(Zool.) Any mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse.


Mouse  n.  (pl. mice)  
1.
(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. 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.
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.
3.
A familiar term of endearment.
4.
A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. (Slang)
5.
A match used in firing guns or blasting.
Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc.
Mouse bird (Zool.), a coly.
Mouse deer (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
Mouse galago (Zool.), 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. (Zool.)
(a)
A hawk that devours mice.
(b)
The hawk owl; called also mouse owl.
Mouse lemur (Zool.), 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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"Field mouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... Woodman thought it must be chasing something, for its ears were lying close to its head and its mouth was wide open, showing two rows of ugly teeth, while its red eyes glowed like balls of fire. As it came nearer the Tin Woodman saw that running before the beast was a little gray field mouse, and although he had no heart he knew it was wrong for the Wildcat to try to kill ...
— The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • L. Frank Baum
... the most muscular of all mice of the same size. I have had at the same time in confinement an English mouse (albino), a Bengal field mouse, and house mice from Simla of another species, and none of them could show equal activity. I use, for the purpose of taming mice, a glass fish-globe, out of which none of the other mice could get, ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale


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