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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small Asian and North American rodents of the subfamily Zapodinae, having a very long tail and long hind legs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
deer-mouse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
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