🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

rato de campo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rato de campo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Field Mouse/fiːld maʊs/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O rato de campo se esconde na grama 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 Middle English 'felde' meaning 'open land' and 'mous' from Old English 'mūs', which has Proto-Germanic roots. Historically, it referred to various species of mice found in fields, reflecting their habitat and behavior.

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