field mouse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    vole.
  2. noun any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
    fieldmouse.

WordNet