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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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  • If the plural of mouse is mice, why don't we live in "hice"? —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4
  • Except for the window, it strongly resembled the inside of a jug. —  A Case Of Conscience
  • He had had enough time to control his disappointment but he was still ashamed of his weakness. —  False Front
  • Apparently, the mouse was a person of local importance out of all proportion to his size. —  Kingdoms of Light
  • The fate of mice seems to be of little importance in human stories, even when the mouse is the hero. —  Asimov's Science Fiction
 

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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.
  2. from mouse, n.
 

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