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wood-rat vs field mouse

field mouse vs wood-rat

wood-rat and field mouse both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wood-rat Yes No No No
field mouse Yes No No No
As nouns, field mouse is a hyponym of wood-rat; that is, field mouse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wood-rat:
  • wood-rat: any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
  • 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
wood-rat (noun) field mouse (noun)
any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) 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
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Difference between wood-rat and field mouse

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