1. (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

• field mouse

1. (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

• arvicola amphibius
• water rat
• water vole
• grasshopper mouse
• meadow mouse
• meadow vole
• microtus pennsylvaticus
• microtus ochrogaster
• prairie vole
• microtus richardsoni
• richardson vole
• water vole
• phenacomys
• pine mouse
• pine vole
• pitymys pinetorum
• red-backed mouse
• redback vole

1. (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

• wood rat
• wood-rat