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noun
Micromys minutus, a species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A New World mouse of the genus Reithrodontomys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Micromyx minutus
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Broader terms: mouse
noun
any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American harvest mouse
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Broader terms: New World mouse
History
Coined by Thomas Pennant, after discovery by Gilbert White (1767); it is first named the Less long-tailed Field Mouse, and finally the harvest mouse (1776).
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
