🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

topo di campo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: topo di campo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Field-Mouse/fiːld maʊs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il topo di campo si nasconde tra l'erba alta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small rodent that typically lives in fields and grasslands, often belonging to the genus Apodemus.

    "The field-mouse scurried through the tall grass, searching for seeds."
  2. 2

    A term used in agriculture to refer to mice that are commonly found in crop fields.

    "Farmers often set traps to catch field-mice that damage their crops."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'field-mouse' originates from the combination of 'field', derived from Old English 'feld', meaning an open land, and 'mouse', from Old English 'mūs', referring to the small rodent. The term has evolved to specifically denote certain species of mice that inhabit fields and grasslands.

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