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1. Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
   - field mouse

1. 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
   - vole

Derived forms: fieldmice

Type of: mouse, wood rat, wood-rat

Part of: Apodemus, genus Apodemus

Encyclopedia: Field mouse