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mermouse

mermouse noun: a mermaid mouse; a sea mouse.

Noun

mermouse (plural mermice)

  1. A mermaid mouse; a sea mouse.
    • [A smirking Officer Pupp to a swimming Ignatz Mouse:] Well, well. A little "mermouse", how cute.1934 May 12, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 134
    • Tom and Jerry in: The Cat and the Mermouse.1949, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, animated cartoon "The Cat and the Mermouse"

Forms of mermouse

pluralmermice
alternative formmer-mouse

Origin of mermouse

From mer- + mouse.

Questions about mermouse

What does mermouse mean?
Mermouse means a mermaid mouse; a sea mouse.
What part of speech is mermouse?
Mermouse is a noun.
What is the plural of mermouse?
The plural of mermouse is mermice.

Words near mermouse in the dictionary

  1. mermithids
  2. mermonster
  3. mermonsters
  4. mermother
  5. mermothers
  6. mermouse
  7. merms
  8. MERN
  9. Merna
  10. Mernda
  11. Mernot

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