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meadow mouse

noun

  1. any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.


meadow mouse

noun

  1. another name for vole 1
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Origin of meadow mouse1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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“Do you know how many babies just one of these meadow mice have in a year?†he demanded.

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Unlike its relatives, the short-eared owl does some hunting by daylight, especially in cloudy weather, and like the marsh hawk it prefers to live in grassy, marshy places frequented by meadow mice.

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Naturalists have long been aware that only one of our common Hawks habitually preys upon poultry while most of our species, by feeding largely on meadow mice, are actually beneficial.

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When the shuffling hooves of one disturbed a meadow mouse that leaped in wild panic toward the stump, Frosty had only to move aside in order to catch it.

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The Pennsylvania meadow mouse is an abundant mammal along the Alaska Highway.

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