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flying mice

flying mice is the plural of flying mouse.

Meaning of flying mouse

Noun

flying mouse (plural flying mice)

  1. Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
  2. An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions.
    • The system I quoted […] was a full system: 486 PC 8megRAM 140HD, 2 DVI boards, 1 Ascension Bird flying mouse (6D mouse with 3 buttons, used for navigation and interaction), 1 VirtualResearch Headmounted display, 1 Logitech Sonic 6D tracker for headmount, Sense8 software and environment.1992, Maurice Sharp, “INDUSTRY: VPL's MicroCosm - Clarification from VPL”, in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet)

Questions about flying mice

What is flying mice the plural of?
Flying mice is the plural of flying mouse.

Words near flying mice in the dictionary

  1. flying machines
  2. flying mare
  3. flying mares
  4. flying meet
  5. flying meets
  6. flying mice
  7. flying monkeys
  8. flying mouse
  9. flying off
  10. flying off at a tangent
  11. flying off the handle

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