The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. ``Fat meadow ground.'' --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass. Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ( Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] Meadow hen. (Zo["o]l.)
The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
The American coot ( Fulica).
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The clapper rail.
Meadow mouse (Zo["o]l.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole.
Meadow mussel (Zo["o]l.), an American ribbed mussel ( Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes.
Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
Meadow pipit (Zo["o]l.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.
Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ( Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
Meadow snipe (Zo["o]l.), the common or jack snipe.
fieldmouse \fieldmouse\, field mouse \field mouse\n.
(Zo["o]l.) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabing woods and fields and gardens.
(Zo["o]l.) any mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context North America English) A small vole such as the meadow vole. 2 One of several species of mouse in genus ''Apodemus'' found in Eurasia and Africa. 3 One of several species of mice in genus (taxlink Akodon genus noshow=1) found in South America.
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: vole]
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens [syn: fieldmouse]
Wikipedia
Field mouse may refer to:
- in Europe, Asia and north Africa, one of several species of mice in genus Apodemus
- in North America, a small vole such as the meadow vole
- in South America, one of several species of mice in genus Akodon
- " Field Mice", a 2010 episode of CSI
- The Field Mice, a British pop band
- Field Mouse (band), a Brooklyn, NY based dream pop band
Field Mouse are an American dream pop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York.
Usage examples of "field mouse".
And then you risk the life of one of the best rabbits we've got, just to play nursey while you go wandering about like a moonstruck field mouse.
Scarcely moving a muscle, like a cat creeping up on a field mouse, she closed her hand around the cool rock.
There were pressure sensors in the soil, motion sensors concealed in rocks, capacitance sensors masquerading as bushes and an invisible network of radar, laser and ultrasonic beams lacing back and forth so tightly not even a field mouse could move without being detected.
Noah asked, his now-alert eyes bearing down like a falcon homing in on a field mouse.
The animal resembled an outsized field mouse with an overgrown rear end and the broad tail of a Terrestrial beaver.