harvest mouse

1. 1.

   any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields

   SynonymsAmerican harvest mouse

   BroaderNew World mouse

   Part ofReithrodontomys
2. 2.

   small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields

   SynonymsMicromyx minutus

   Broadermouse

   Part ofMicromyx

Questions about harvest mouse

What does harvest mouse mean?

harvest mouse means "any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for harvest mouse?

Close synonyms include American harvest mouse, Micromyx minutus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is harvest mouse a common word?

harvest mouse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.