meadow mouse

Thân thiện

A meadow mouse scurries through the tall grass.

Definition

Noun: 1. A small rodent: "meadow mouse" refers to a specific type of small, common rodent found in North American grasslands. It is also widely known by its more common name, the meadow vole.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The field was teeming with meadow mice, their runways visible through the grass.
  • Ecologists study the population cycles of the meadow mouse to understand predator-prey dynamics.

Advanced Usage

• The term "meadow mouse" is a common name used in specific regional or general contexts. In scientific and most formal writing, the species is referred to by its standard common name, meadow vole ().

Variants and Related Words

• Meadow vole (n): The standard common name for the same animal, .
  • The meadow vole is a crucial food source for many predators.
• Vole (n): The general name for the group of small rodents to which the meadow mouse belongs.
  • Voles are often mistaken for mice but have stouter bodies and shorter tails.

Synonyms

• Meadow vole: The direct and more precise synonym.
• Field mouse: A general and sometimes imprecise common name for various small rodents in fields, which may include the meadow vole.

Học thuật

Noun

1. widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada

Từ đồng nghĩa

• meadow vole
• Microtus pennsylvaticus