harvest mouse

harvest mouse

n 1. (Animals) a very small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse, Micromys minutus, inhabiting cornfields, hedgerows, etc, and feeding on grain and seeds: family Muridae 2. (Animals) American harvest mouse any small greyish mouse of the American genus Reithrodontomys: family Cricetidae

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Noun	1.	harvest mouse - any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fieldsAmerican harvest mouseNew World mouse - a variety of rodentgenus Reithrodontomys, Reithrodontomys - New World harvest mice
	2.	harvest mouse - small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfieldsMicromyx minutusmouse - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tailsgenus Micromyx, Micromyx - Old World harvest mice

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