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field mouse vs meadow mouse

meadow mouse vs field mouse

field mouse and meadow mouse both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
field mouse Yes No No No
meadow mouse Yes No No No
As nouns, meadow mouse is a hyponym of field mouse; that is, meadow mouse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than field mouse:
  • field mouse: 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
  • meadow mouse: widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
field mouse (noun) meadow mouse (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 widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Difference between field mouse and meadow mouse

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