field mouse

noun

: any of various mice and voles that inhabit fields

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This new episode imagines that a field mouse is heavily into non-fungible tokens and that a bear is actually a divorced gym teacher. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021 Often mammals appear to host more than one species, with some poor field mouse housing four mite species on its face alone. —

Michelle Trautwein, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014 The culprit, a field mouse, scrambles through, and then down the wall, over the master's boot. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 June 2021 And a vole is a field mouse, constantly prowling for food. —

Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020 There’s a goose with moose antlers, a tiny fox and a field mouse with fairy wings. —

Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020 Most of the critters Lange encounters are field mice, along with some voles. —

Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2019 This 47-page chapter book by an author/artist living in Winona, Minn., is the tale of a little field mouse who accidentally hides away in a family’s camper and ends up in their home miles away. —

Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 July 2019 The silhouette grew so popular that the brand has now released other creaturely purses, like field mice and bunnies. —

Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, 9 July 2019 See More

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