What is the meaning of field mouse?

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.
  • Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens.
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