Harvest Mouse (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The harvest mouse scurried across the grain field, searching for seeds to store for the winter.
- A group of harvest mice were found nesting in a thicket of tall grass near the farm.
- Harvest mice were a common sight in the rural areas, often seen darting across the roads at dawn and dusk.
- To control the harvest mouse population, the farmer set traps in the fields where they were causing the most damage.
- The conservation status of the harvest mouse is currently categorized as least concern, despite their vulnerable populations in certain regions.