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noun

(1) Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens

(2) 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

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field mouse

(North America) a small vole such as the meadow vole.
(Eurasia, Africa) one of several species of mice in genus Apodemus.
(South America) one of several species of mice in genus Akodon.