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marsupial mouse

marsupial mouse noun: any of several small carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, especially in the genera Sminthopsis and Antechinus.

Noun

marsupial mouse (plural marsupial mice)

  1. (Australia) Any of several small carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, especially in the genera Sminthopsis and Antechinus.
    • The Surgeon cut me short with a fierce uplift of his beetle brow—and for a dreadful moment I feared two of the many marsupial mice in my cell had leapt up onto his face […].2011, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 137

Forms of marsupial mouse

pluralmarsupial mice

Questions about marsupial mouse

What does marsupial mouse mean?
Marsupial mouse means any of several small carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, especially in the genera Sminthopsis and Antechinus.
What part of speech is marsupial mouse?
Marsupial mouse is a noun.
What is the plural of marsupial mouse?
The plural of marsupial mouse is marsupial mice.

Words near marsupial mouse in the dictionary

  1. marsupial lion
  2. marsupial lions
  3. marsupial mice
  4. marsupial mole
  5. marsupial moles
  6. marsupial mouse
  7. marsupialian
  8. marsupialians
  9. marsupialiform
  10. marsupialiforms
  11. marsupialisation

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