1.
[syn: field mouse, fieldmouse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fieldmouse
n 1: any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus
inhabiting woods and fields and gardens [syn: field
mouse, fieldmouse]