pine mouse

noun

1. any of a widespread genus of voles, Pitymys, having small ears and a short tail; especially the American forest-dwelling mouse P. pinetorum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pine mouse¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

In three nights 70 traps caught 8 prairie voles and 3 deer mice; no pine mice or cotton rats were caught on the area.

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In Connecticut, we have three species of mice—the common field mouse, the pine mouse, and the white-footed mouse.

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Here is his list made out at the time: two hundred and twenty-five meadow mice, two pine mice, twenty shrews, one star-nosed mole, and one Vesper Sparrow.

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The pelage of prairie voles, pine mice, deer mice, and shrews forms a habitat for many kinds of parasitic arthropods.

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