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HARVEST MOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields

Synonyms:

harvest mouse; Micromyx minutus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("harvest 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 ("harvest mouse" is a member of...):

genus Micromyx; Micromyx (Old World harvest mice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields

Synonyms:

American harvest mouse; harvest mouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

New World mouse (a variety of rodent)

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

genus Reithrodontomys; Reithrodontomys (New World harvest mice)

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