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deer mice

deer mice is the plural of deer mouse.

Meaning of deer mouse

Noun

deer mouse (plural deer mice)

  1. Any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus, especially Peromyscus maniculatus.
    • In the wild, deer mice and oldfield mice never interbreed.2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times
  2. Many of the muroid rodents with notable jumping capability within the subfamily Neotominae (family Cricetidae), including all species in the genera Peromyscus and Habromys, as well as some species in several others.

Questions about deer mice

What is deer mice the plural of?
Deer mice is the plural of deer mouse.

Words near deer mice in the dictionary

  1. deer keds
  2. Deer Lake
  3. Deer Lodge
  4. Deer Lodge County
  5. deer meat
  6. deer mice
  7. deer moon
  8. deer moons
  9. deer mouse
  10. Deer Park
  11. deer scarer

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