'Field mouse' definitions:
Definition of 'field mouse'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: vole, field mouse]
noun
Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens [syn: field mouse, fieldmouse]
Definition of 'Field mouse'
From: GCIDE
- 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. (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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'field mouse'
From: GCIDE
- Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow ground." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
- Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.
- Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes.
- Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
- Meadow hen. (Zool.) (a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver. (b) The American coot (Fulica). (c) The clapper rail.
- Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole.
- Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
- Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
- Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
- Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
- Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
- Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.
- Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
- Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
- Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe (Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
- Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe. [1913 Webster] meadowgrass
Definition of 'field mouse'
From: GCIDE
- fieldmouse \fieldmouse\, field mouse \field mouse\n.
- 1. (Zool.) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabing woods and fields and gardens. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Zool.) any mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse. [1913 Webster]