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FIELDMOUSE (fieldmice)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fieldmouse mean?
• FIELDMOUSE (noun)
The noun FIELDMOUSE has 1 sense:
1. any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Familiarity information: FIELDMOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
field mouse; fieldmouse
Hypernyms ("fieldmouse" is a kind of...):
mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fieldmouse"):
Apodemus sylvaticus; European wood mouse (nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)
Holonyms ("fieldmouse" is a member of...):
Apodemus; genus Apodemus (Old World field mice)
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