field mouse
field mouse · field mice
полёвка
Feldmaus, Waldmaus
A small vole such as the meadow voleA small vole such as the meadow vole.
» The field mice were eating up the farmers' grain.
Die Feldmäuse haben das Getreide der Bauern aufgefressen.
Польові миші поїдали зерно фермерів.
Польові миші поїдали збіжжя землеробів.
Meaning
3 senses(Canada, US)A small vole such as the meadow vole.
One of several species of mice in genus Apodemus found in Eurasia and Africa.
Feldmaus, Waldmaus
One of several species of mice in genus Akodon found in South America.
More definitions
- any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
- 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
Examples
1 sentencesThe field mice were eating up the farmers' grain.
Польові миші поїдали зерно фермерів.
deDie Feldmäuse haben das Getreide der Bauern aufgefressen.
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
Apodemus:
Origin
From Middle English feeld mous. Equivalent to field + mouse.From Middle English feeld mous. Equivalent to field + mouse.
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Forms
plural: field miceSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens:fieldmouse
- 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:vole
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular