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deermouse

deermouse is the alternative form 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.

Forms of deermouse

pluraldeermice

Words formed from deermouse

Phrases with deermouse

Questions about deermouse

What is deermouse the alternative form of?
Deermouse is the alternative form of deer mouse.

Words near deermouse in the dictionary

  1. deerling
  2. deerlings
  3. Deerman
  4. deermeat
  5. deermice
  6. deermouse
  7. deerness
  8. Deerpark
  9. Deerparkian
  10. deerpox
  11. deers

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