mouse

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  1. noun Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the common house mouse (Mus musculus), characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
  2. noun Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
  3. noun A cowardly or timid person.
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  • And maybe -- maybe a mouse is a new kind of bug. —  Nicholas Negroponte, in 1984, makes 5 predictions
  • Most users rely almost completely on the mouse-at least at first-and although using the mouse is a must in many ways, you should never overlook the power and usefulness of the keyboard. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Pip (wanders into the kitchen and sniffs around the kickboard under the sink): Smells like a mouse has been around here to me? —  The view from here
  • The clearest change for the mouse is the rubber scroll wheel that sits in the middle front of the mouse. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • "The mouse is one of Satan's soldiers and is steered by him," he explained, adding that should a mouse come in contact with food, the food must be disposed of as the mouse is an impure creature. —  Pat Dollard | Young Americans
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  1. Middle English mous, from Old English mūs; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English mous, mus (plural mys, myse, rarely musus), from Anglo-Saxon mūs (plural my¯s) = Dutch muis = Middle Low German mūs, Low German mus = Old High German Middle High German mūs, German maus = Icelandic mūs = Swedish Danish mus = Latin mūs (mūr -) = Greek μῡς (μυ-) = Old Bulgarian myshĭ = Bulgarian mishka = Servian mish = Bohemian mysh = Polish mysz = Russian muishĭ = Pers. (later Turkish) mūsh = Sanskrit mūsha (later Hindustani mūsā, mūsī), diminutive mūshika (Pali musiko), a rat, a mouse; prob. ‘stealer,’ from √ mus, Sanskrit √ mush, steal. Hence ult. (from Latin mūs) muscle, muscular, etc.
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