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Meaning of St Kilda field mouse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A subspecies of wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis, endemic to the Hebridean island of St Kilda.

Examples

“The St Kilda field mice that live on that isolated Hebridean island, introduced by hitchhiking on Viking longships only about a thousand years ago, are already much heavier than those on the mainland.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

St Kilda West St Kildan St Lawrence St Leonard's St Leonards St Leonards and St Ives