HOUSE MOUSE

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide

Synonyms:

house mouse; Mus musculus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("house mouse" is a kind of...):

mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)

Holonyms ("house mouse" is a member of...):

genus Mus; Mus (type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch)

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