Phrase guide
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noun
A small vole such as the meadow vole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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Broader terms: vole, mouse, muroid, myomorph, myodont, rodent, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism
noun
One of several species of mice in genus Apodemus found in Eurasia and Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: murine, mouse, murid, muroid, myomorph, myodont, rodent, mammal, vertebrate, animal
noun
One of several species of mice in genus Akodon found in South America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: mouse, muroid, myomorph, myodont, rodent, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fieldmouse
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Broader terms: mouse
Narrower terms: European wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood rat, wood-rat
Narrower terms: grasshopper mouse, pine vole, pine mouse, Pitymys pinetorum, meadow vole, meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvaticus, water vole, Richardson vole, Microtus richardsoni, prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, water rat, Arvicola amphibius, red-backed mouse, redback vole, phenacomys
History
From Middle English feeld mous. Equivalent to field + mouse.
Across languages
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