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widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
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Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. ``Fat meadow
ground.'' --Milton.

Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.

{Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.

{Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with
softer spikes.

{Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]


{Meadow hen}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.
(b) The American coot ({Fulica}).
(c) The clapper rail.

{Meadow mouse} (Zo["o]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},
as the common American species {Arvicola riparia}; --
called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.

{Meadow mussel} (Zo["o]l.), an American ribbed mussel
({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.

{Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.

{Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.

{Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.

{Meadow pipit} (Zo["o]l.), a small singing bird of the genus
{Anthus}, as {Anthus pratensis}, of Europe.

{Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
{Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white
flowers. There are many species.

{Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.

{Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.

{Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.

{Meadow snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the common or jack snipe.

Vole \Vole\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
{Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily
{Arvicolin[ae]}. They have a thick head, short ears, and a
short hairy tail.

Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola
amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The
short-tailed field vole ({Arvicola agrestis}) of
Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern
field vole ({Arvicola arvalis}), and the Siberian root
vole ({Arvicola [oe]conomus}), are important European
species. The common species of the Eastern United
States ({Arvicola riparius}) (called also {meadow
mouse}) and the prairie mouse ({Arvicola austerus}) are
abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other
species are found in Canada.


Campagnol \Cam`pa`gnol"\, n. [F., fr. campagne field.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A mouse ({Arvicala agrestis}), called also {meadow mouse},
which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by
feeding on roots and seeds.