Fieldmouse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fieldmouse
       n : any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus
           inhabiting woods and fields and gardens [syn: {field
           mouse}]
       [also: {fieldmice} (pl)]