harvest mouse
harvest mouse · harvest mice
мишка лучна
мышь-малютка, болотный хомячок
Eurasische Zwergmaus
Micromys minutus, a species of the sub-family MurinaeMicromys minutus, a species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice).
Meaning
2 sensesMicromys minutus, a species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice).
Eurasische Zwergmaus
мышь-малю́ткаmyšʹ-maljútka
мишка лучнаmyška lučna
A New World mouse of the genus Reithrodontomys.
боло́тный хомячо́кbolótnyj xomjačók
any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
Micromys minutus:
Русский
By meaning 2
Micromys minutus:
mouse of the genus Reithrodontomys:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Micromys minutus:
Origin
Coined by Thomas Pennant, after discovery by Gilbert White (1767); it is first named the LCoined by Thomas Pennant, after discovery by Gilbert White (1767); it is first named the Less long-tailed Field Mouse, and finally the harvest mouse (1776).
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Forms
plural: harvest mice| Singular | harvest mouse |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields:Micromyx minutus
- any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields:American harvest mouse
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular