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mousie

mousie noun: a rat-tailed maggot used as bait. Also the alternative form of mousy.

Noun

mousie (plural mousies)

  1. A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.

Also used as

mousie is also the alternative form of mousy.

Forms of mousie

pluralmousies

Origin of mousie

From mouse + -ie.

Questions about mousie

What does mousie mean?
Mousie means a rat-tailed maggot used as bait.
What part of speech is mousie?
Mousie is a noun.
What is the plural of mousie?
The plural of mousie is mousies.

Words near mousie in the dictionary

  1. mousework
  2. mousey
  3. mouseys
  4. Moushegian
  5. Moushegians
  6. mousie
  7. mousier
  8. mousies
  9. mousiest
  10. mousily
  11. mousiness

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