wood mouse

noun

1. any of various mice living in woodlands.
2. white-footed mouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood mouse¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

I will keep as still as Achpoques, the wood mouse, laughed Spotted Deer, as he recalled his blunder with the owl calls.

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The failure to catch the wood mouse still rankled in his head and kept his eyes bright red.

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The bread was gone; what Killooleet had spared, Tookhees the wood mouse had eaten thankfully.

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The rabbits vanished at his approach, while a tiny wood-mouse which had stolen up, fled with a squeak of panic.

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He stepped blithely forth, gobbling up a plump wood mouse that had rashly ventured forth from its safe retreat under the snow.

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