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field mouse

field·mouse

uncommon

noun

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

2.

any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens

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