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deer mouse

deer mouse noun: any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus, especially Peromyscus maniculatus.

deer mouse: any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus, especially Peromyscus maniculatus
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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.

Forms of deer mouse

pluraldeer mice

Words formed from deer mouse

Questions about deer mouse

What does deer mouse mean?
Deer mouse means any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus, especially Peromyscus maniculatus.
What part of speech is deer mouse?
Deer mouse is a noun.
What is the plural of deer mouse?
The plural of deer mouse is deer mice.

Words near deer mouse in the dictionary

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

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